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Re: Wildly OT: Simple math question
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NTC John Pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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NTC John Pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:14:37 +0300
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>>>>
again, I say nonsense.  Which digit you actually write down last makes no
difference; the last digit, once written, is 6.  This assumes of course that
we're all using English, which is read left to right.
>>>>>


Even in Arabic, numbers are read/written LEFT to Right, despite letters
being read/written Right to Left.

Note that the west uses Arabic numerals, while the Arabs use Hindi numerals.

JP

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