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A math question
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From
21/01/2010 08:05:48
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
To
21/01/2010 07:59:50
Lutz Scheffler
Lutz Scheffler Software Ingenieurbüro
Dresden, Germany
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Forum:
Games
Category:
Mathematical
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01445159
Message ID:
01445166
Views:
41
>>>That's my daughter's math question. I couldn't solve that... :(
>>>
>>>f(x/y)=f(x)+f(y)
>>>f(10)=1
>>>f(10000)=?
>>
>>Obviously the idea is to find out what the function is. The form of the function reminds me strongly of a logarithm (log ab = log a + log b), except that we have a division here. Are you sure the first part is plus, and not minus?
>
>why
>
>F(y)= -1*log(y )
>
>will do
>
>::)

Experimenting a bit, I thought about that too, but in this case, f(10) would be -1, not 1.
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