Re: Math Problem - Probability of Password Duplication
- Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Oct 22, 2001
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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. 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