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#1 2011-05-12 05:00:44
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Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/24-from-8-8-3-3-solution.html
Any of them with 8^(1/3), for example, do not count, because there are 1s being used
to make these fractional exponents, but the problem is to have only two 8s
and two 3s. No other digits are to be used.
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#2 2011-05-12 11:14:45
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi reconsideryouranswer;
Welcome to the forum!
Some of that should have been written as:
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#3 2011-05-18 16:07:18
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
I have amended the puzzle to include bobbym's formatting: 24 from 8833 Puzzle - Solution
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#4 2011-06-22 23:06:37
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
new soln for 24 included below, plus numbers to 30 (so far)
0 3/8 – 3/8; 38 – 38; (3 – 3)/88; etc
1 3/3 × 8/8; 38/38; 83/83, etc
2 3/3 + 8/8
3 3!/3 + 8/8; 8 – 3 – ∛8
4 ∛8+∛8
5 √((8-3)(8-3))
6 3 + 3 × 8/8
7 3 + 3 + 8/8; 8 – 3 + ∛8
8 3 × 3 – 8/8; √(8×8) × 3/3
9 3 × 3 × 8/8; 8 + 3 – ∛8
10 3 × 3 + 8/8; (8 – 3) × ∛8
11 33 – 8 – 8
12 ∛(8 ×8) × 3
13 8 + 3 + ∛8
14 38 – 3 × 8
15 8 + 8 – 3/3
16 3(8 – 8/3)
17 8 + 8 + 3/3; 3 × 3! – 8/8
18 3 × 3! × 8/8
19 3 × 3! + 8/8
20 (√(8×8) – 3)!/3!
21 8(3 – 3/8)
22 8 + 8 + 3 + 3; 8 × 3 – ∛8
23 (8 – 3) ×3 + 8
24 (new) (8 × 3!)/ ∛8
25 8 + 8 + 3 × 3; (8 – 3)(8 – 3); (8 + 3) × 3 – 8
26 33 – 8/8; 8 × 3 + ∛8
27 33 – 8 + 8
28 33 + 8/8
29 8 × 3 + 8 – 3
30 (√(8×8) – 3 ) × 3!
#5 2011-06-22 23:19:29
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi janelataille;
Welcome to the forum.
Please check your first answer for 26.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#6 2011-06-23 05:25:28
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
janelataille wrote:
new soln for 24 included below, plus numbers to 30 (so far)
11 33 – 8 – 8
26 33 – 8/8;
27 33 – 8 + 8
28 33 + 8/8
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#7 2011-06-24 23:52:28
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi janelataille,
Nice solutions!
Re #s 11, 26, 27 & 28: I'm sure you meant "3³" instead of "33", and that will give the correct answers.
If you haven't seen them already, there's a helpful group of symbols at the top of the page that you can copy and paste into posts.
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#8 2011-06-24 23:55:24
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi phrontister;
Howdy!
That does not help with #26
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#9 2011-06-24 23:58:12
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Hi phrontister,
Long time!
How are you?
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#10 2011-06-24 23:59:25
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi Bobby,
Howdy back! 
3³ - 8/8 = 27 - 1 = 26
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#11 2011-06-25 00:03:30
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Hi gAr,
I'm very well, thanks. Been away for a long time, and have only just got back. Thought I'd better check in to see what everyone was up to.
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#12 2011-06-25 00:08:28
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Hi phrontister,
Okay.
Have a good time!
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#13 2011-06-25 00:38:08
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
The next ten:
31. (8 × 8) - 33
32. 33 - (8 / 8)
33. 33 × 8 / 8
34. 33 + (8 / 8)
35. 3³ + (√8 × √8)
36. 38 – ³√8
37. (3! × 3!) + (8 / 8)
38. √38 × √38
39. 3(8 + 8 - 3)
40. 38 + ³√8
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#14 2011-06-25 02:15:36
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi,
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#15 2011-06-25 02:30:23
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi phrontister;
You are right, I thought the game was to make 24!
Hi gAr;
A master formula! I did not know that.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#16 2011-06-25 02:40:31
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi bobbym,
I had read about such a formula using 4 4's.
Just modified that! Took some time to rearrange it correctly.
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"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#17 2011-06-25 02:42:41
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi;
Do you remember where you read about the 4 4's ?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#18 2011-06-25 02:56:32
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
In some old puzzle book I think.
I do not remember the name of the author or title, it was some years ago.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#19 2011-06-25 03:32:36
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi;
I found something similar.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#20 2011-06-25 03:35:41
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi,
What is it?
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"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#21 2011-06-25 03:39:01
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Hi;
I found a pdf where the guy analyzed it to death.
http://www.milefoot.com/about/presentat … rmania.pdf
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#22 2011-06-25 03:54:16
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Cool one!
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"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#23 2011-06-25 13:51:52
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Re: Some of these solutions to the 8, 8, 3, 3 puzzle do not count:
Can't the index for a root only belong to the
set of positive integers?
I am asking this, because in the digit number puzzles, I saw
(The index is shown as .4 as a portion of a solution.)
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#24 2011-06-25 16:45:08
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Hi reconsideryouranswer,
Though people mostly use only integers, I don't think there's anything wrong in it.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."