<< On Saturday 25 October 2008, Dan Asimov wrote: [SNIP: algebra]

which seems to agree with Tom's but is twice what Gareth wrote.

So, Tom & I win, two to one.

Ha. The *reason* why I showed my working was because I'm appallingly good at making errors when doing that sort of calculation.

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And the reason I showed mine is I wanted to prove that at least once -- if only on my second try -- I could get something right. --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele