Talk:Minimum positive multiple in base 10 using only 0 and 1
something's wrong
In the task's preamble (in the E.G. section), the 4th multiplication (for a B10 of 111,111,111), the multiplier is incorrect. The multiplier shown would yield a B10 value of 1,111,111,101, which isn't the minimum B10 for a N of 9. -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 18:57, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Gerard, you multiply 'n' by the multiplier so 9 x 12,345,679 = 111,111,111 --PureFox (talk) 19:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
- That's all well and good. But, the example that I was talking about shows that 9 × 123,456,789 which is the number shown in the task's preamble, not 9 × 12,345,679. -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 19:32, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
- But, "it" could've been an incorrect B10, where the B10 coulda/shoulda/woulda have been 1,111,111,101, which would make the original multiplier correct. I could've corrected either value, but one does not want to be accused of vandalism (again). -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 19:49, 29 February 2020 (UTC)