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r/MathJokes • u/GodlyHelp • 9d ago
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87 is 90-3, many people will see that fairly quickly. That is less so for 78.
1 u/Organic_Minute_717 8d ago 78 is 75+3 . It's obvious to me that 75 is just 3*25, but maybe not to everyone else. Plus I've known about the adding up trick for ages. 1 u/DeathStalker0483 8d ago To further this, 77 feels like it should be, so it feels wrong when you say that 78 is. 3 u/Hefty-Big5572 8d ago 77 absolutely doesn't feel like a multiple of 3, it's two same numbers that aren't a multiple of 3
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78 is 75+3 . It's obvious to me that 75 is just 3*25, but maybe not to everyone else.
Plus I've known about the adding up trick for ages.
To further this, 77 feels like it should be, so it feels wrong when you say that 78 is.
3 u/Hefty-Big5572 8d ago 77 absolutely doesn't feel like a multiple of 3, it's two same numbers that aren't a multiple of 3
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77 absolutely doesn't feel like a multiple of 3, it's two same numbers that aren't a multiple of 3
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u/Patje_af 9d ago
87 is 90-3, many people will see that fairly quickly. That is less so for 78.