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Broken Calculator (Posted on 2005-01-20)

You have a calculator whose multiplication button is broken. The only operations that work are addition (x+y), subtraction (x-y), and reciprocation (1/x).

Can you use this calculator to multiply two numbers?

See The Solution Submitted by David Shin

Rating: 3.6250 (8 votes)

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Subject	Author	Date
A slightly different methodology	K Sengupta	2007-04-03 05:58:55
Is this the answer ?	Rex	2005-01-22 14:49:28
not sure if any one said this	dan	2005-01-22 06:08:03
Division	nikki	2005-01-21 12:37:59
Solution to this problem.	Pemmadu Raghu Ramaiah	2005-01-21 12:25:20
Question?	Hasan	2005-01-21 10:58:13
re: No Subject	Larry	2005-01-21 01:07:12
Spoiler?	Richard	2005-01-21 00:15:12
No Subject	microRFFR	2005-01-20 23:27:26
re: More Clarifications	David Shin	2005-01-20 22:44:40
More Clarifications	mllsoccerdude	2005-01-20 21:36:39
Clarifications	David Shin	2005-01-20 21:31:09
Clarification Questions	nikki	2005-01-20 20:32:08
simple solution (probably not what's being looked for)	Erik O.	2005-01-20 20:22:20

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