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XXXVIII (Posted on 2009-07-24)

Using modern standard subtractive notation (i.e. IV = 4, IX = 9, XL = 40, XLIX = 49, XC = 90, etc.) there is something quite significant about the Roman number XXXVIII (38). What is it?

Submitted by Sing4TheDay

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Alphabetically it is the last possible Roman number.

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Subject	Author	Date
re: Interesting property .....	Sing4TheDay	2009-07-27 12:07:57
Interesting property .....	K Sengupta	2009-07-25 04:18:12
Still rolling...	ed bottemiller	2009-07-24 17:31:36
Start the ball rolling...	ed bottemiller	2009-07-24 15:08:06

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