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minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·11 months agoThis works for all numbers ending in 9: x*9+x+9=x(9+1)+9 =10x+9
minus-squareTheOakTree@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoIt makes sense, it’s basically always 10*x+9.
minus-squarebstixlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoDoesn’t make much sense for negative values of X, nor decimal numbers.
minus-squareTheOakTree@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThen simply change the statement to say for any whole number X
This works for all numbers ending in 9:
x*9+x+9=x(9+1)+9=10x+9It makes sense, it’s basically always 10*x+9.
Doesn’t make much sense for negative values of X, nor decimal numbers.
Then simply change the statement to say for any whole number X