Who had the greatest of all? Single word or numerical answer.
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3$\begingroup$ Since the currently highest voted answer seems to be wrong (even though it seems to fit perfectly!), can you please provide a hint to point us to the correct (as in, intended by you) direction? $\endgroup$– ChristophCommented Feb 19, 2018 at 10:50
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I think the answer is
Robert Wadlow, who wore US size 37AA (UK 36) shoes. (For a single word answer, then I suppose just "Wadlow".)
Reference: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-feet-ever
Reasoning:
When you multiply the numbers on the calculators together the product is $3215.3045$. Turn that upside-down on a calculator display like those in the picture and it reads SHOE.SIZE.
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1$\begingroup$ Creative! But not the solution $\endgroup$– user45515Commented Feb 17, 2018 at 12:25
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15$\begingroup$ @user45515 You mean ... that product is a complete coincidence ?! $\endgroup$– Rubio ♦Commented Feb 17, 2018 at 12:26
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2$\begingroup$ Yep! I think that was actually a pretty amazing coincidence. $\endgroup$– user45515Commented Feb 17, 2018 at 12:29
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4$\begingroup$ The title is kind of proving it too. Is this also a coincidence? $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 17, 2018 at 17:02
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Is the answer
3.402823 × 10^38?
Because the picture shows
floating calculators.
So the "greatest of all"
is the largest single-precision floating-point number in the IEEE standard.
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I think the answer is :
50238
Because:
When read upside down on a calculator, this spells "Bezos", the man with the greatest fortune and the owner of Amazon (the Amazon river is pictured as far as I can tell). I believe the "Go Forth and..." quote is a red herring to imply multiplication. It could be read as "Go Forth and Prosper," which Bezos has done, no doubt. Although, I am suspicious that the "who had" question could imply a dead person...
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$\begingroup$ But how does it explain the 4 calculators and the numbers displayed? Fine, 7.33 can be read as eel, and the Amazon river has electric eels, but what about the other numbers? $\endgroup$– PhylypCommented Feb 18, 2018 at 2:29
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$\begingroup$ Unfortunately not the solution. $\endgroup$– user45515Commented Feb 18, 2018 at 3:26
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2.83, its floating higher in the water than the rest
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$\begingroup$ This is also not correct $\endgroup$– user45515Commented Feb 18, 2018 at 13:16
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Turning the whole thing upside down makes the calculators' displays read:
EEL EBZ IE S
No idea what that means. According to Google
The largest shoe measures 18 ft 0.53 in x 6 ft 11.07 in and is 9 ft 6.17 high
and it has a
Converse
logo on it.
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1$\begingroup$ Nope :) Interesting though $\endgroup$– user45515Commented Feb 18, 2018 at 8:40