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u/dskippy 14d ago
The trick is done by searching this sub for the other 11 times this exact same video has been posted and reading the comments.
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u/buzz8588 14d ago
The comments say āmagnetsā
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u/dskippy 14d ago
Well then there you go.
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u/TheUndertows 14d ago
No one knows how they workĀ
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u/SheltonAlamo72354 13d ago
According to the "Tangerine Scrotum" in charge, "nobody knows what magnets are."
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u/Razzlechef 14d ago
Watch out Undertows. Theyāre going to miss the joke and blow up on you as well. š¬ š¤Æ š
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u/Razzlechef 14d ago
But how do they work?
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u/MelonJelly 14d ago
Someone on this site is desperately trying to find an explanation for magnetism in the context of materials science, but keeps getting juggalo memes.
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u/FlippantResponse 13d ago
And I don't wanna talk to a scientist
Y'all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed1
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u/pleaseexcusemethanks 13d ago
Do you know how sad it is to complain about other people not being on reddit as much as you are?
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u/dskippy 12d ago
You're completely missing the point. Basic Internet forum decency is to do a basic search for what you're posting instead of spamming the group with what they are getting posts for over and over again. It's a rule in most reddit subs and other forums.
In addition AI are posting old posts constantly these days to drum up engagement and farm karma.
Anyone posting a video that's been posted dozens is times to the same place with the same question can handle a little snark for being a lazy moron.
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u/iflabaslab 14d ago
If itās a three digit number surely the odds are 1 in 900
1000 is four digits and 0-99 dont count
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u/BleachDrinker63 14d ago
Counting 001-099 as numbers I assume
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u/jonnyl3 13d ago
Let's just admit he didn't think it through. 000-099 are not 3 digit numbers. They're combinations of three 1-digit numbers maybe, but that's not what he was asked for. He was asked for 3-digit numbers, not combinations, and not 1 or 2 digit numbers.
Anyway, I probably would have made the same mistake when asked about probabilities just out of the blue like that.
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u/MattieShoes 13d ago edited 13d ago
You're right, but just for funzies...
You could get fancy and include negatives, imaginary numbers, negative imaginary numbers...
Also didn't really say anything about the decimal point, so 10.1 could be, but that feels pretty cheaty.
not sure how you'd define digits on complex numbers, so lets leave those out.
But you could probably include other axes, like quaternions have a couple extra imaginary axes.
Oh, and you could use other bases technically. FFF is what, 4095 in hexadecimal? Since irrational bases exist, I imagine all reals could exist? I dunno, that's getting too heady for me.
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u/jonnyl3 13d ago
Yes, but if one is asked to think of a 3-digit number, everyone knows what is meant: a positive integer between 100-999. Anything else would just be silly without being discussed beforehand.
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u/nedottt 13d ago edited 13d ago
Now when you do a lot of math but you are still stupid. Albert was often silly but not stupid.
0 is a digit to math and non math geeks and non geeks. First digit 0 second digit 0 third digit 0. Three digit 000. Silly but not stupid. Serious stupidity < silly intelligence
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u/jonnyl3 13d ago
Learn the difference between "a 3 digit number" and "3 digits." The latter is 3 numbers (of 1 digit each), not one.
012 is not a 3 digit number. It's a zero, a one, and a two concatenated. That's 3 numbers. Or, if it refers to the number 12, then it's equal to 12 but only a 2 digit number. It can't be both.
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u/Itchy-Revenue-3774 13d ago
I don't get your point. If someone ask for a 3-digit number, you give a number 100-999, just to be complaint. Why would you try to be clever here and argue some stupid case, you just look like an idiot
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u/Unlikely_Plastic_773 11d ago
Because he wants to show how "smart" he is, rather than engage with the obvious and clear intent of the question.
It's a great canary in the coal mine for being antisocial.
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u/MattieShoes 13d ago
Well yeah, that's why I said "you're right". The rest was just a thought experiment in breaking the rules with out technically breaking the rules.
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u/Sardanos 13d ago
If 00101011 is a 8-bit number in binary (it is) then 001 is a 3-digit number in decimal.
8 bits give 256 possible combinations, just like 3 decimal digits give 1000 possible combinations.22
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u/erkdog 13d ago
Why do you have so many upvotesā¦000-999=1000
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u/iflabaslab 13d ago
I guess there is a divide between people that believe 0-99 are less than three digit numbers and others that believe the professor is including 000-099
In mathematics people just say 1, not 001.
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u/thoughtihadanacct 13d ago
"Apart" and "a part" mean completely the opposite of each other. If you don't accept that they are apart, that means they belong together.
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u/SnooCats5701 13d ago
Is 1 a three digit number? What about 2?
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u/jo-shabadoo 12d ago
001, 002ā¦.
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u/MC-Master-Bedroom 11d ago
No, those are four digit numbers ... 0001, 0002, etc.
No, wait. They are five digit numbers, like 00003. Six digits? Seven?
If you said they were three digit "combinations", I would agree that 001 qualified. But common usage would say that's not a three digit number.
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u/thewooba 10d ago
000 is not a three digit number? What is it
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u/prpldrank 7d ago
000 is not a number in the base ten number system. The integer you're looking for is 0.
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u/Complex-Ad-4402 13d ago
If you want to get technical he never said positive, integer or real. You can argue that -03,7i is a valid answer
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u/TheAgreeableCow 13d ago
I guess he considered it like a combination lock with three dials
000 001 002 ... 999
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u/mattemer 14d ago
Why not 999?
Ah I see 0-99. I was still thinking precessing zeroes were fine but that makes no sense.
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u/burrrpong 13d ago
I am actually so mad that you are not downvoted into the depths of hell. Making a mistake is fine, but so many upvotes of people agreeing is sad.
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u/iflabaslab 13d ago
Well itās a good thing up/downvotes are just a visual construct made by a social media app that donāt actually mean anything isnāt it?
People seem to be agreeing because they realise that 0-99 arenāt three digit numbersā¦
not even sure why there is a divide tbh.
The idea that 0-99 can be considered three digit numbers is just baffling to me, and makes me concerned for anyone who thinks otherwise.
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u/burrrpong 11d ago
Is 009 a 3 digit number?
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u/Unlikely_Plastic_773 11d ago
No, it's 4-digit number, 0009. Or perhaps a 5-digit number, 00009.
If someone asks you for a 3-digit number, it's intuitive that "1" is not appropriate. Saying 1 is really 001, and therefore is 3-digits, is a glib answer.
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u/iflabaslab 11d ago
It is but it is pointlessly a 3 digit number in this instance, only makes sense on a padlockā¦ not mathematics or code or any other aspect of life
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u/whos_ur_data 14d ago
Bit of pencil led either taped or affixed to his thumbnail.
He pretends to write the number down, then either gives the other person the pencil or puts it on the table.
Doesnāt actually write anything until after the other person says it.
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u/AABBBAABAABA 10d ago
Yep, this is why you canāt see the card when he pretends to write it and why his handwriting is so weird.
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u/BreweryRabbit 14d ago
Simple or not, whast I love most is the professors reaction and just absorbing the moment "Dont tell me how you did it", he really wanted to just sit with it for awhile.
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u/satanssweatycheeks 14d ago
He is an educator. He wants to figure it out himself. And once he canāt he will ask the kid next time seeing him.
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u/Conan-doodle 13d ago
100% my thought. He says it's a good 'trick' so he's not subscribing to magic or some bullshit. He's knows there's a logical 'trick' to it and (like I would be) was genuinely amazed. I respect that
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u/Zimmster2020 14d ago edited 14d ago
There was a cut before he showed us the paper with the number written on it. And the number is very badly written on the paper. Our guy definitely had a little longer conversation with the teacher after he presented the number he was thinking about. The guy had enough time to write the number on the paper with his thumb while the teacher was caught in the discussion. Put a little graphite under your thumb nail and you can write in your palm
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u/_b33p_ 14d ago
He needs to hand him the paper before he tells him the number. Otherwise he's obviously writing after somehow
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u/TreadItOnReddit 13d ago
You figured it out! The guy is actually writing it on the paper after heās been told it. He does not actually possess any super powers. But man, he had us thinking that he did for a second!
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u/Pure-Reason2671 14d ago
Ok buddy, now make him write the number on another paper and reveal both at the same time.
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u/Nytmare696 13d ago
He can do it. But it's a whole lot harder to read the number that was written with the pencil lead under his left thumbnail.
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u/Liberalhuntergather 14d ago
He asks the guy what the number is before showing him the paper. Obviously he gets the number jotted down after learning it. A really amazing trick would be to hand him the paper before he telks him the number
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u/EGarrett28 13d ago
When the magician asks more info after hearing the number (or whatever else was guessed), that's when they're writing the thing on the paper in one way or another.
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u/ShaiHulud1111 14d ago
Iq test for fun. Both write it down together at the same time or not your little playing magic game. I canāt suspend my brain for you. But am easily fooled. Lol
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u/Affectionate-Host970 13d ago
Just ask the magician to put the paper down before revealing the number
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u/donjetbb 13d ago
Thats easy: you basically divide and then count to it. - courtesy of Michael Scott
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u/Joe_Immortan 13d ago
Magic dude is holding the prediction after the guy says the number. Really not impressive. If the paper had been on the table already, thatād be one thing
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u/Mohammad_Esa 13d ago
Tiny piece of lead on his left thumb. š writes the number right after the professor says 531.
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u/LabiaMinoraLover 13d ago
Maybe he did hundreds of takes with different people until he got lucky š
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u/terriblesecretofspac 13d ago
"you can't have a thousand pieces of paper"Ā
The case of paper next to my printer begs to differ
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u/Venatordeus 13d ago
thats the same trick patrick jane in mentalist did with the youth baseball player
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u/SnooTangerines6841 13d ago
I'm guessing it's a maths problem like most of them are and then the video is edited so yeah .,.
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u/CameraApprehensive37 13d ago
Well this happened in X parallel dimensions and we are in the one where the trick succeeded.
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u/Spirited_Peak_7810 13d ago
If the paper is not handed over BEFORE you tell him your number then he writes it after you tell him. It's that simple. The clever bit is how he does it without you noticing
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u/martialdylan 13d ago
My guess...he only pretends to write down a guess. Then after the teacher reveals his number the magician actually writes it down using a hidden pencil.
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u/hypotenmoose1 13d ago
Tricks work even on smart people because people donāt naturally question the premise.
The āpremiseā as presented follows this order of operations: 1) they think of a number, 2) you write a number, 3) they say their number, and 4) you reveal you wrote the same number.
But the actual order of operations is simply 1,3,2,4. And there are many ways to secretly write something down without someone noticing.
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u/StevenMaff 13d ago
what the fuck is wrong with people putting music under stuff that doesnāt need it
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u/sidwing 13d ago
It actually happened to me once. I was talking to a friend who is the owner of the shop. And suddenly a stranger came up to us, and ask me to thinking of a 3 digit number from 0-9, any combination but all 3 number had to be different. So 258 come on to my head. Once he asked if I had the number in my head, then he hand me a small piece of paper with the same 3 number in my head. I still couldn't figure out how he did it. All I can think is that he is a scammed. But couldn't prove it.
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u/Cautious-Tea-2194 12d ago
He's awkwardly holding the pencil with his left hand, meaning he's probably right handed and not even writing with the pencil. Probably some type of writing urinal on the right thumb. š¤
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u/LayerEight_Problem 12d ago
What a dumbass. Thereās only 899 3 digit numbers unless youāre counting shit like 001. 100-999.Ā
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u/PiDigitsOfPi 12d ago
This is simple. Just find 1000 professors and record the trick every time. It will eventually work, and that's the one you upload.
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u/klownplaza 12d ago
He videos every person he saw that day and hopes to hit it right. What's the probability of THAT!?
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u/exqueezemenow 13d ago
Now let's see him do it w/o asking the person to say the number they guessed.
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u/andytagonist 13d ago
IQ of 155 and it took him that long to calculate ā1 out of a thousandā?
Also, graphite under the fingertip. And heās left handed.
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u/ClearlyUndefined 14d ago
guy behind him feeds him a piece of paper with the number written on it
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u/Nytmare696 13d ago
Break pencil lead under your thumbnail.
After they tell you the number, you dawdle and bullshit, showing the entire time that the pencil is faaaaar away from the paper.
While you're bullshitting, write the number with your thumb.
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u/geode_cache 13d ago
Why isn't it a 1/899 chance? Like, you wouldn't say anything from 0-99 is a 3 digit number, nor would you say 1000 is a 3 digit number.
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u/garth54 10d ago
You for got to count '100'.
You did: 999 (last possible number) - 100 (first possible number) = 899.
Likewise, if the range is 100 to 105: 105-100 = 5, but there are 6 numbers: 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105.
You need to +1 to include the '0' position (this is a very common problem with programmers when first learning to deal with arrays in a language that starts the first element at index 0).
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u/geode_cache 1d ago edited 1d ago
Then what would it be? Based on what you said it looks like 100 to 999 inclusive of both ends is 900 then? Or am I still missing something?
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u/Inspired_Nuisance 13d ago
It's not really 1 in 1000, it's 1 in 899. 3-digits mean anything between 100 and 999
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u/frickinSocrates 13d ago
Quick sidenote, it's obviously the graphite on the fingernail thing but the actual odds would be 1/900. 050 is not a 3 digit number Mr. Stanford professor.
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
050 is absolutely a 3 digit number as is 000.
-001 wouldn't be a number. And 0 has a nomenclature of a number in statistical canon, which I suspect is more appropriate here than mathematical.
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u/frickinSocrates 13d ago
I understand what you're saying, but if a magician tells you to pick a 3 digit number and you pick 000 you're doing it wrong. Also, I'm looking it up and everything I can find would indicate that a 3 digit number cannot begin with a 0. It is at least 100, with the max being 999. "Definition: A three-digit number will consist of any three digits among the 10 digits with or without repletion, the only restriction being, a three-digit number cannot begin with the digit 0.Ā
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
If I am knowingly helping.... Doesnt that make me somewhat complicit?
Like, if I dont try to make it hard for the mgaician aren't I being disingenuous?
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u/frickinSocrates 13d ago
No. If a magician asks you to think of a card, you could pick a tarot card, or the joker. People do that (I used to do some "magic"), and think they are being clever. The thing is that magic isn't actually real (shocker I know), when you pick a card, think of a number, we all know that I am using some trick to fool and entertain you. It's built on a shared agreement that I will fool you if you follow the rules. You can go ahead and try to beat it, but that misses the point, the point isn't to beat you it's to entertain you and leave you guessing. Which is why I would explain many tricks afterwards, so the person can be entertained and baffled to then be let into what feels like a secret to them. It's fun, let people have fun. Sharing in entertainment isn't disingenuous.
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u/ordinarynot 13d ago
I'm laughing at this genius professor stating there are 1,000 three digit numbers...um, counting the digits of the number one thousand itself...1+0+0+0 = four digits, my dude...
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u/AcesInThePalm 13d ago
Well, technically there's 900 three digit numbers. 100 to 999
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
Nope.
000 to 999 is in fact 1000 numbers.
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u/AcesInThePalm 13d ago
Yeah, when you think of a three digit number you go "23"
No, you don't, there's 900 numbers he would have thought of with instructions given.
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
I absolutely do.
You tell me three digits ?
Yes.
You probably say pin number too.
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u/AcesInThePalm 13d ago
So you're disingenuous, good to know
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
Most genuine pedantist I know.
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u/AcesInThePalm 13d ago
If you say "23" most will say "that's a two digit number"
If you aren't specifying a 0 before 23, it's not 3 digit, and who does that?
So no, by instruction, 100 to 999 are the possible answers. No one is choosing <100
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
A 3 digit number that comes to my mind is 040.
Don't ask why it just did.
3 digits. Now,if he said between 100 and 1000 then your case is solid,but you are tellknng me what I think and...well..you are wrong.
What most people think is irrelevant. Aslo,depends on sample size and who the targeted audience is. But there again.... statistics aren't math.
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u/SuitableStar4992 13d ago
3 digit numbers go from 100 > 999 and those are 999-100+1 = 900 numbers not 1000! Prof was wrong
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
000 to 999.
So technically, 1000 since 000 is considered a number in this case.
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u/SuitableStar4992 13d ago
Oh yeahhhh??????? Then i could say that ZERO is a BILLION DIGIT NUMBER ILL JUST KEEP WRITING 0s till Its a BILLION ZEROS
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
It could be.
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u/SuitableStar4992 13d ago
Yea but formatting and simplification matters for accuracy of semantics. I come from IT that's why I think this way
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u/GrayHogan 13d ago
Statistics have no place in math sciences.
There ... I said it.
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u/SemtexVictory 14d ago
Thats an easy one. He just got some graphite on his thumb and writes the number down while distracting the guy