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Killerhurtz  ·  3388 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Mathematician's Lament

Just checking - for the two numbers problem, it's |s-d|/2 for the smallest number, and then s-x for the bigger one right? (assuming s is sum, d is difference, x is first number)





dingus  ·  3388 days ago  ·  link  ·  

the smaller number is |s-d|/2 and the bigger number is (s+d)/2

Killerhurtz  ·  3388 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Close enough. Deductive instead of pure math.