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What number? (Posted on 2005-12-16)

The following character string is suggestive of 100 divided by what number?

AW34RGNMLO98YGCXA

Hint: the 10th character is the letter O (not the number zero)

Submitted by Larry

Rating: 4.3333 (6 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

On the keyboard, typing this character string traces out a sideways "8", or "infinity".

Which is 100 divided by zero.

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Subject	Author	Date
Answer	Math Man	2014-02-12 17:47:56
Answer	K Sengupta	2009-01-08 12:28:14
My thought	Jer	2005-12-19 09:28:17
re: two possibilities--spoiler (is correct)	Larry	2005-12-16 11:49:46
re: two possibilities--spoiler	pcbouhid	2005-12-16 11:48:26
two possibilities--spoiler	Charlie	2005-12-16 09:57:05

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