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kabdul02
 Post subject: Math Puzzle!
PostPosted: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:50:08 UTC 
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 There are four number 3 . 3 . 8 . 8.

 You can (only and must) use all the following rules + - / ×

 And your final ANS should be 24!

 Can you figure this out??
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kabdul02 wrote:
 There are four number 3 . 3 . 8 . 8.

 You can (only and must) use all the following rules + - / ×

 And your final ANS should be 24!

 Can you figure this out??


Trivial. This has been asked many times on the net.

Spoiler:
\dfrac{8}{3-\dfrac{8}{3}}=24
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