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Interesting way of dividing with a machine that can only add
01-07-2023, 07:35 PM
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Interesting way of dividing with a machine that can only add
The division is interesting! (the subtraction with complement to 9 is also interesting)

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01-14-2023, 06:40 PM
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RE: Interesting way of dividing with a machine that can only add
It would take me a while to use a comptometer.
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01-14-2023, 09:03 PM
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RE: Interesting way of dividing with a machine that can only add
(01-14-2023 06:40 PM)Eddie W. Shore Wrote:  It would take me a while to use a comptometer.

Comptometer, it’s worth the wait!


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01-14-2023, 09:33 PM
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RE: Interesting way of dividing with a machine that can only add
This was a portable handheld from the era when "men were men". Think of the speed. Theoretically you could calculate PI to 100 decimal places in a single lifetime.

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