Re: A86: Re: Assembly-86 Digest V1 #870

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Subject: Re: A86: Re: Assembly-86 Digest V1 #870
From: ZeromusMog@aol.com
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:31:40 EDT
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What if you made an AI program where the computer played pick-a-number? I'm 
sure that if you made a program like that, making a solver wouldn't be that 
much harder...


In a message dated 4/22/99 12:57:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, v8r@juno.com 
writes:

> So here is the process...
>  
>  let's say that the user enters the following values
>  
>  593.256367841 = 400(1+.08/n)^(5n)
>  
>  now to solve for n you simply do the following process...
>  
>  test n out...
>  
>  is n 1...
>  no
>  is n greater than 1...
>  yes
>  is n 2..
>  no
>  is n greater than 2..
>  yes
>  is n 3
>  no
>  is n greater than 3...
>  no
>  is n 2.5
>  no
>  is n greater than 2.5
>  yes
>  is n 2.75
>  no
>  is n greater than 2.75
>  no
>  is n 2.625
>  no
>  is n greater than 2.625
>  yes
>  is n 2.6875
>  yes n is 2.6875
>  
>  The answer n is 2.6875
>  
>  of couse there would have to be some sort of user defined tollerance
>  level or else some values would take forever....
>  
>  Just an idea....
>  
>  Too bad I have no idea how to implement it...
>  
>  Maybe someday,
>  
>  Chris