>I plan to post the answers to these on monday.
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>1) Can the following expression be simplified?
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>(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)...(x-z)
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>Only basic algebra is required.
It could be converted to following:
X^26 - a*X^25 + a*b*X^24 - ....... - a*b*c*...*y*X^1 + a*b*c*...*y*z
That seems does not look like a simpified version, because this version is worse for programming (more operations and more risk of overflow).
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>In the following problems, each letter represents a digit. Same letter, same digit. Different letters mean different digits.
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>ABCD
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>DCBA
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>Regards, Hilmar.
Vlad Grynchyshyn, Project Manager, MCP
vgryn@yahoo.comICQ #10709245
The professional level of programmer could be determined by level of stupidity of his/her bugs
It is not appropriate to say that question is "foolish". There could be only foolish answers. Everybody passed period of time when knows nothing about something.
