100x + 10y + z -
( x + 10y + 100z) =
99 (x-z).
You've completely lost y, and the only thing you know is the difference between x and z. So the answer is no.
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme"
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com]On Behalf
Of Jim
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 10:07 AM
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: virus: hey Eric
Could you help me with a bit of math. If I take a three digit number then
reveres it so now I have the original number and a new number generated from
its reversal and then subtract the larger number from the smaller. Is it
possible to tell what the starting number was just from the answer.
Thanks for your time
Jim