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#1 2008-03-07 21:42:00
- chetah
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Discrete Maths
How can I determine the 13 position of the square root of 2 without using a recursive function starting from 2 and working my way up all the way up to the 13th position? I know the answer is 0 from my text, but how do I work out the answer?
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#2 2008-03-08 04:00:29
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Discrete Maths
What's a position?
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#3 2008-03-08 07:45:22
- mathsyperson
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Re: Discrete Maths
I'm guessing it's the same as a decimal place.
√2 = 1.41421356..., and so its 3rd position would be 4, its 4th position would be 2, etc.
I have no idea how to answer the question though.
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It wanted to be normal.
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