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Old 04-28-2011, 12:51 PM
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I think it would be fun to have 422 people run a 422 x 100 meter relay. We probably still couldn't beat the runners from kenya.
Throw a couple of hungry lions into the mix . . . I bet the race would be pretty close.
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I guess it's more of a (421 x 100 + 1 x 90) meter relay.
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Old 04-28-2011, 01:12 PM
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I guess it's more of a (421 x 100 + 1 x 90) meter relay.
This assumes that it's the last runner that goes only 90.
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I guess it's more of a (421 x 100 + 1 x 90) meter relay.
Okay, now we have a chance....
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6 - 6 x 6 = -6
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Old 04-28-2011, 04:46 PM
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This assumes that it's the last runner that goes only 90.
by the powers invested in me by the state of mathematics, persuant to the immutable postulates of commutability and associativeness, I think we can make it work.
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Old 04-28-2011, 04:54 PM
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6 - 6 x 6 = -6
I thought that the answer should've been -3?

6 - 36 = -3
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