> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
Snip snip......


> 9847750900342261154245290 times
>
> Of course you knew 380.000 km is not divisible by 2 when you asked,
> didn't you ? ;-)

 Seems to me it is.  As written here it would be 190.000 km

                                           Regards,

                                             Jim




>
> *>The answer surprises most people not familiar with mathematics.
> *>(And the answer is also given in a well known book :-) )
>
> Yes but I like the story with the prince of (Persia, India ?) and the
> man who invented the game of chess, and asked as reward for one rice
> grain on the first square of the chessboard, two on the second, four on
> the third etc. If for nothing else, because it works out to a LARGER
> NUMBER. So I win ;-).
>
> Peter
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