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simplymoi
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Oct-03-01, 12:50 PM (EST)
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"need help with a problem..."
 
   I'm a college student and a friend of mine who is studying to be a high school math teacher found this in i think it was a 3rd grade math book and neither she nor i nor her teacher can figure it out and was hoping for some help here! I'll post it..help!!

3*4>5
4*7>1
1*2>9
2*8>0

The * does not mean multiply and the > does not mean greater than...they are both just symbols. They can maan ANYTHING, but the * means the same thing in all four problems and the > means the same thing in all four problems. The last number (5, 1, 9, 0) are the final answers. (for example the first one might be something like 3+4-2=5 or something like that.) I don't know. this is probably an easy problem and i just can see the solution..but i'm stumped.


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Oct-04-01, 02:40 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: need help with a problem..."
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   Use "<" for "*" and "+" for ">".


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