Given these four equations/inequalities:
1x=2
2x=4
3x=3
4x>8
What is x?
The answer is:
The "<" symbol
Why?
In some programming languages, "<=" means "is less than or equal to", and "<>" means "is not equal to".
x
being another representation of ><
in a smaller print.
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Jul 27, 2020 at 10:31
Answer: x is
a variable (as in programming)
That's because
the given "equations/inequalities" are in fact (some dialect of) BASIC code, so 1,2,3,4 at the beginning of the each line are just labels/line numbers. So, it's a perfectly valid program consisting of 3 assignments (lines 1-3) to the same variable
x
and 1 comparison in line 4 (the result of which is not assigned to any variable). Better formatting and comments:1 x = 2 'assign 2 to
x
(creating a new variable, declaration is not required in BASIC) 2 x = 4 'assign 4 tox
3 x = 3 'assign 3 tox
4 x > 8 'comparex
with 8, returning false (0)
P.S.
If
x
is required to be a number, my answer isx = 3
(this will be the value ofx
after running this code).
X could be operator (IS NOT)
!
Because
1x=2
2x=4
3x=3
4x>8
are always either true or false conditions in any programming language.
1!=2 //Always True
2!=4 //Always True
3!=3 //Always False
4!>8 //Always True
x could be:
(π/2)!
where the
! is a not operator