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#1 2006-10-12 04:04:22

Jai Ganesh
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Can you do this?

Start telling from backwards....Z Y X....
and reach A
in under 30 seconds.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#2 2006-10-12 04:19:52

Devantè
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Registered: 2006-07-14
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Re: Can you do this?

Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A

Done in 14 seconds. cool

I have studied the alphabet backwards before, though. tongue

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#3 2006-10-12 04:20:59

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Can you do this?

Maybe 30 seconds was too long, I should have put 10 seconds in the question cool


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#4 2006-10-12 04:30:22

Devantè
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Re: Can you do this?

Is that a challenge? tongue

Well, I can say the alphabet in approximately 2.5 seconds, so it is definitely possible.

Last edited by Devanté (2006-10-13 20:04:46)

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