Where were you when your kid divided by 17?
1/17 = .[0588235294117647]
10/17 = .[5882352941176470]
15/17 = .[8823529411764705]
14/17 = .[8235294117647058]
4/17 = .[2352941176470588]
6/17 = .[3529411764705882]
9/17 = .[5294117647058823]
5/17 = .[2941176470588235]
16/17 = .[9411764705882352]
7/17 = .[4117647058823529]
2/17 = .[1176470588235294]
3/17 = .[1764705882352941]
13/17 = .[7647058823529411]
11/17 = .[6470588235294117]
8/17 = .[4705882352941176]
12/17 = .[7058823529411764]
My neighbour has a kid who has a calculator that according to the kid gives strange results. The other day my neighbour showed me the pattern above and asked with pleading eyes: How do you explain it?
Suddenly I remembered I had an imaginary meeting I was already late for.
From the pages of The Math Less Traveled.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:22 am
While we’re at it, split the string of digits in half and add:
05882352
94117647+
————–
99999999