Problema #2
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The first expedition to Mars found only ruins of a civilization. From the
artefacts and pictures, the explorers deduced that the creatures who
produced this civilization were four-legged beings with a tentacle that
branched out at the end with a number of grasping "fingers". After much
study, the explorers were able to translate Martian mathematics. They
found the following equation:
5x 2− 50x125= 0
With the indicated solution X=5 and x=8. The value x=5 seemed legitimate
enough, but x=8 required some explanation. Then the explorers reflected
on the way in which Earth's number system developed, and found evidence
that the Martian system had similar history. How many fingers would you
say the Martians had? (From The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, February, 1956)
Como sabeis, nuestro sistema es decimal porque tenemos diez dedos. Si esta ecuacion tiene como resultados el 5 y el 8, cuantos dedos dirias que tienen los marcianos que hicieron esta ecuacion?
Va, que hoy estoy animado. Otro desafio facil.
The first expedition to Mars found only ruins of a civilization. From the
artefacts and pictures, the explorers deduced that the creatures who
produced this civilization were four-legged beings with a tentacle that
branched out at the end with a number of grasping "fingers". After much
study, the explorers were able to translate Martian mathematics. They
found the following equation:
5x 2− 50x125= 0
With the indicated solution X=5 and x=8. The value x=5 seemed legitimate
enough, but x=8 required some explanation. Then the explorers reflected
on the way in which Earth's number system developed, and found evidence
that the Martian system had similar history. How many fingers would you
say the Martians had? (From The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, February, 1956)
Como sabeis, nuestro sistema es decimal porque tenemos diez dedos. Si esta ecuacion tiene como resultados el 5 y el 8, cuantos dedos dirias que tienen los marcianos que hicieron esta ecuacion?