Saturday, December 17, 2011

Base "value of b" question?

In base b, 321 - 123 = 154. What is the value of b?|||... (3b² + 2b + 1) - (b² + 2b + 3) = b² + 5b + 4

or b² - 5b - 6 = 0

or (b + 1)(b - 6) = 0

or b = 6 ← final answer|||What the hell kind of math question is this? We use BASE 10 and that statement is false.

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