£88.88 is a special amount. Your task is to find out why.
Your answer should follow this acronym: SONACIGC.
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$\begingroup$ uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081112132641AA4MDrM $\endgroup$– HaobinMar 24, 2016 at 9:23
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3$\begingroup$ Spoiler. The answer is not true in Sctoland $\endgroup$– Mawg says reinstate MonicaMar 24, 2016 at 10:01
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1$\begingroup$ Sctoland is one of the most beautiful countries ever, it's so magical, oh those luminous farts coming from the ground are so freaking awesome! $\endgroup$– KyleMar 24, 2016 at 12:04
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1$\begingroup$ Why does it not apply in Scotland? (Assuming that is what you meant to type?) $\endgroup$– Craig RussellMar 24, 2016 at 13:10
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2$\begingroup$ Nice answers but, is it not the value at which money travels through time? $\endgroup$– Reuben MallabyMar 24, 2016 at 17:22
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$£88.88$ is the sum of all the currency sizes for the pound sterling.
The pound sterling is composed of 8 coins from $1p$ to $£2$ and 4 banknotes from $£5$ to $£50$. If we sum them all together we have:
$1p + 2p + 5p + 10p + 20p + 50p = 88p$
$£1 + £2 + £5 + £10 + £20 + £50 = £88$
$88p + £88 = £88.88$
With this in mind we can say that the SONACIGC acronym means (thanks to @Agnesi and @Tim Couwelier for the first part):
Sum Of Notes And Coins In General Circulation
(Altough I find Kevin Cruijssen's interpretation more suited)
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3$\begingroup$ I had the amounts figured out. I reached 'Sum of notes and coins' for the first bit, but can't figure out the rest. $\endgroup$ Mar 24, 2016 at 8:55
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$\begingroup$ The fact that there are 8 letters should help, but I can't find out anything which makes sense. $\endgroup$– NarmerMar 24, 2016 at 8:59
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2$\begingroup$ maybe its rot13(fhz bs abgrf naq pbvaf va trareny pvephyngvba)? $\endgroup$– agnesiMar 24, 2016 at 9:02
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$\begingroup$ @TimCouwelier Thanks for the first part of the acronym. With it, it was easy to figure out the remaining (see my answer). $\endgroup$ Mar 24, 2016 at 9:04
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1$\begingroup$ Looking at both attempts for finishing the acronym: I doubt id have come up with any of them. Also, i was a little stumped you have no denominations over 50... In euro the answer would be 888.88... $\endgroup$ Mar 24, 2016 at 10:05
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SONACIGC = Sum of Notes and Coins in Given Currency
So: 0.01 + 0.02 + 0.05 + 0.10 + 0.20 + 0.50 + 1.00 + 2.00 + 5.00 + 20.00 + 50.00 = £ 88.88
Thanks to Tim Couwelier for the first part of the acronym though. :)
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It's the total value of the coinage + notes used in England
1p + 2p + 5p + 10p + 20p + 50p + £1 + £2 + £5 + £10 + £20 + £50
= £88.88
But I didn't get what the acronym was about
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