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To: TEDennis who wrote (2043)	10/2/1998 2:34:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) of 7616

I got a good story about numbers in the same range. In 12th grade I was working in a store. A sale came to $14.15 + 7% sales tax = $15.14 . I thought that was really cool but didn't thing much more about it. A few weeks later my Calculus teacher finished his lecture early and promised extra credit for anyone that could stump him with a math problem. So naturally I asked the guy what amount (ABCD) + its tax = (CDAB) He scratched his head tested a few numbers then said "How am I supposed to use calculus to figure this out." I told him "You're not, you said a math problem it didn't have to be calculus." He confidentally stated "There is no such number." I said $14.15 he immediately wrote it down on the board did the math, then said, "How do you know there are no other numbers?" "I replied I reasoned it out." The guy went so nuts a few girls had to calm him down, then everone was laughing at him and he went nuts again. I decided I had enough of him for the year and stopped attending his class. He never reported it because he was happy to not have to deal with me. However he did give me a 17 for a grade. IF the University of Buffalo ever checked my final semester grades after accepting me they'd have probably thrown me out, they didn't. I realize story this has nothing to do with post grubbing but it is a grubby story.

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