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| Subject: | RE: 24 Game in Excel |
| Author: | Don Link |
| Date: | Aug 16 2006 |
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F. Reijnhoudt. See:
http://www.reijnhoudt.nl/24game/index.html
Don Link
On Aug 15 2006, Mathman wrote:
> On Aug 15 2006, Don Link wrote:
> Would have been nice if I gave
> you the URL:
> http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/25458
Nice.
> I'd consider trying some randomly generated values to avoid the long
> listing, but... "Whatever works." Operations can be randomised with
> something like =MID("+-/*";INT(RAND()*4+1);1), ...and so on.
> However that might all be more work than it's worth, so stick to the
> pedetermined listing.
In simpler terms [that I can understand],
> if looking simply for a summation to 24, one can randomly generate
> three values and ascertain the fourth by subtraction from 24.
> Different random ranges can be used for each of the first three to
> avoid exceeding 24, yet getting an integer result for the fourth
> .... as I said, a lot of work perhaps for little consequence. A
> pretty problem.
David.
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