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Friday Puzzler -- missing mathematical symbol
Alex Y
5�9
Your goal is to find the mathematical symbol that, when substituted for the question mark above, results in a number between 5 and 9. For instance, 5*9 is 45, which is larger than both, and 5/9 is 0.555... which is smaller than both.
Re: Friday Puzzler -- missing mathematical symbol
Larry Barrett
I can think of a symbol that results in a number a little less than 6.
that would be the one
Alex Y
I tried to throw you off with the example of mathematical symbols representing operations. But I couldn't fool Larry. The missing symbol is the lowly decimal point.
