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Crypto-Phrase (Posted on 2003-11-20) Difficulty: 3 of 5
6-342-30-2-132 / 420-72-30 / 12-240-20-30 / 420-240 / 342-30-506-30-2-156 / 2 / 42-2-182-240-462-380 / 272-72-342-2-380-30 / 2-210-20 / 90-420-380 / 2-462-420-72-240-342:

420-240 / 6-30 / 240-342 / 210-240-420 / 420-240 / 6-30; 420-72-2-420 / 90-380 / 420-72-30 / 306-462-30-380-420-90-240-210.

~552-90-156-156-90-2-182 / 380-72-2-132-30-380-272-30-2-342-30

Note: Each letter of every word is separated by a dash and each word is separated by a slash.

See The Solution Submitted by luvya    
Rating: 3.0000 (4 votes)

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re(2): correction(solution) | Comment 15 of 28 |
(In reply to re: correction(solution) by drew)

Right you are except for the idiot part. If x²+x=c then
x=-1/2+sqrt(c+1/4) but since c is an integer it can be shown that x=floor(sqrt(c)) (integer part of the square root). For c=30(e) x=5, then. All you have to do is pick the biggest integer x such that x² does not exceed c in order to decode.
  Posted by Richard on 2003-11-22 14:38:14

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