LGBARIDDLE:

Rearrange the digits and the dots so that their sum is 82

$$\cdot 4 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \cdot 7 \cdot 8 \cdot 9 \cdot 0\cdot$$

Question

LGBARIDDLE:

Rearrange the digits and the dots so that their sum is 82

$$\cdot 4 \cdot 5 \cdot 6 \cdot 7 \cdot 8 \cdot 9 \cdot 0\cdot$$

lgbasallote · Answer

i wonder how long it will take people for this one...

hartnn · Answer

what does . represent ? multiplication ?

anonymous · Answer

What do you mean? The question gives a product involving 0, so the answer is always 0.

lgbasallote · Answer

$\cdot$ is a notation for repeating decimals

For example
$$\cdot 3 = \frac 13$$

hartnn · Answer

or can i use it as decimal ?? like 78.6 ?

anonymous · Answer

Would probably have been better to explain that before, I've never seen that notation before.

lgbasallote · Answer

we always learn new things

lgbasallote · Answer

@hartnn no

lgbasallote · Answer

wait... it seems i have my notations wrong...

anonymous · Answer

I think so. Shouldn't it be:
|dw:1347366197089:dw|
=1/3?

lgbasallote · Answer

$$\frac 13 = \cdot 3 \cdot \cdot$$

lgbasallote · Answer

anyway...you can use the cdots anyway you want... either for decimal point or ellipsis

lgbasallote · Answer

but only for decimals and ellipsis... ellipsis are used to denote repeating decimals...

anonymous · Answer

I would agree with:
$$\frac{1}{3}=0.3...$$
... is an elipsis.
$$\cdot \cdot \cdot$$ (using cdots) is not.

amistre64 · Answer

$$\overbrace {.345}$$
lol, "bar" only works on one digit, the overbrace seems to span them ... just looks wierder

lgbasallote · Answer

the notation doesn't really matter on the solution does it?

amistre64 · Answer

the rules are still a bit vague to me

anonymous · Answer

The notation is confusing. You said that:
$$\cdot3=\frac{1}{3}$$
So what does:
$$\cdot0=?$$
Just 0?
I think you are confusing notations.

unklerhaukus · Answer

Lgba , please do not make up notation,
i do not understand this question

lgbasallote · Answer

it's not a made up notation

lgbasallote · Answer

you may use the dots either as decimals or ellipsis

unklerhaukus · Answer

well i dont like it ,

lgbasallote · Answer

ellipsis would denote repeating decimals

unklerhaukus · Answer

$$\frac 19=0.111...=0.\dot1$$
$$\frac1{99}=0.010101...=0.\dot0\dot1$$

anonymous · Answer

I don't think ellipsis is a good way of denoting repeating decimals. For example you could have:
$$0.14159...$$
Now, does that mean 0.141599999999999999, or 0.141591415914159?

lgbasallote · Answer

...why the heck are people meticulous about notations?? it doesn't really matter in the problem...

lgbasallote · Answer

this riddle is actually much easier than the original...since in the original, there's no explanation for what those dots mean

lgbasallote · Answer

i already explained what the dots mean...

anonymous · Answer

Notation is hugely important in mathematics. Just look at the argument between Newton and Leibniz over their simultaneous and independent discoveries of differential calculus. Leibniz' notation is now standard because it is so simple and easy to use, whereas Newton's only really finds use in mechanics and a few other places.

lgbasallote · Answer

it's a riddle...not a math quiz...in riddles you don;t stick to rules

lgbasallote · Answer

you go out-of-the-box

unklerhaukus · Answer

i still do not understand the question,

hartnn · Answer

if u post such confusing riddles, everyone instead of going out-of-the-box , will go out-of-the-post....

anonymous · Answer

If you expect people to attempt it then you should probably at least make the effort to make the problem well defined.

lgbasallote · Answer

that's the point

lgbasallote · Answer

and like i said @hartnn it is much harder because the original riddle didn't have clues like i gave

lgbasallote · Answer

it just gave .4.5.6.7.8.9.0.

lgbasallote · Answer

so it was A LOT more confusing

lgbasallote · Answer

so is that  not well defined?

anonymous · Answer

Then you would have no way of knowing what the operation:
$$\cdot$$
defines. So I could just say that:
$$\cdot(a, b, c, ..., z) = 82$$
By defining the operation \cdot myself.

unklerhaukus · Answer

is the sum, a sum of seven terms?

lgbasallote · Answer

but i already gave a hint how to solve it

lgbasallote · Answer

like i said... just use the dots as decimals or ellipsis

hartnn · Answer

and since u are asking sum, we can use + in between right ?

lgbasallote · Answer

and it's a sum...but not guarranteed of 7 terms

hartnn · Answer

ok, so the solution is something like 80.5+.74+.6+ something like that ??
then we can atleast attempt.....

lgbasallote · Answer

yes something like that

hartnn · Answer

i think i m close ...
its 80+(something)=82 
now i just need to play with those dots and remaining numbers to get something = 2