Re: Math Problem - Probability of Password Duplication

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> > > As far as I can see it would be:
> > > result = power(89,11)+power(89,12)+power(89,13)+power(89,14)
> >
> > That comes to 1,978,642,898,134,390,000,000,000,000, according to MS
> Excel.
>
> bc under linux says 1,978,642,898,134,388,772,961,847,220, but Euphoria
only
> matches Excel in this regard. sad

I'm not surprised. Windows and Excel are the Behemoth's products...

I just did a test using 89^11 with the standard Windows calculator, and it
comes out more precise than Excel!!

    2,775,173,073,766,990,340,489 vs. 2,775,173,073,766,990,000,000

MS = Massive Stupidity?
MS = Mathematical Simpletons

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