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2. Adds to 9 - multiple of 9. Sounds like they transposed numbers

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:04 PM

Wednesday

If it should be 64 but it’s entered as 46 that’s a difference of 18. Same goes for 46 entered as 64. It doesn’t matter where it done but it’s worse the further you get away from the decimal.

72 - 27 = 45
45-54=-9
etc.

"Transposing numbers" in a general sense means reversing the order of digits within a number, like writing 123 as 321, or 14 as 41. In math, it also refers to moving a term from one side of an equation to the other, changing its sign.

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Adds to 9 - multiple of 9. Sounds like they transposed numbers underpants Wednesday #2