Your objective is to change one constant in the following equation so that it equates to true.
Rules:
- No changing the equals sign.
- The numbers are correct.
- There only needs to be one change in order to make the equation true.
142 / 2930 = 142
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2$\begingroup$ The tag is substitution, so the "change" should be to replace something, and since the numbers are correct and I can't touch the equals sign, that only leaves the divisor, no? Or are the numbers correct, just in the wrong positions? $\endgroup$– XenocaciaSep 13, 2018 at 7:27
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1$\begingroup$ Well, i do believe this has been made too simple. $\endgroup$– Secret SquirrelSep 13, 2018 at 7:41
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$\begingroup$ Define constant $\endgroup$– paparazzoSep 13, 2018 at 14:58
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You can change
the division operator (
/) to the modulo operator (%)
The resulting equation
142 % 2930 = 142
is certainly true.
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If you can move up the 0 to become an exponent, you get:
$$ 142 / 239^0 = 142 $$
This works since $239^0 = 1$.
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A slightly different answer just to add on:
The division symbol could be moved over top of 2930 to appear as a strikethrough. If this is done, $142=142$ with some extra numbers that had to be crossed out and are ignored.
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You can also replace the space after / by a second / You then have 142 with a line comment, which, when casted into a boolean gives true as it is a nonzero number
