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Telephone numbers problem

I want to write a program that would generate telephone numbers with the specifics below: Telephone numbers are composed of 10 digits. In the same number: 1- Any digit could be used 3 times, except 0...

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Reducing numbers to one digit (numerology related)

If you don't know what numerology is, or how it works just forget it and see if you can solve this problem. I want to reduce a multiple digit number to one digit by adding each digit together, then...

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how to convert binary numbers into decimals or numbers to decimals [HELP]

HI VBERS I need help from you guys regarding the the binary numbers introduction overview and conversions.

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Daily Growth

Ok, I'm trying again. This is a calculation to take into account a few facts about fish growth. I need to be able to figure out an average daily change in length (daily delta L, or DDL). I weight the...

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An oriental problem

Problem Prit'ha's son seized a number of arrows to kill Carna, he used half for his defense; four times the square root against horses, six arrows pierced Carna’s coachdriver and broke his banner and...

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What point on the graph of f(x) is closest to the origin?

Had a buddy of mine ask me for help the other day on this calculus problem. Neither of us could figure it out, figured I would post it up here and see if any braniac could come up with a solution....

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About the easy famous unsolved problem

I think I have found the link from where I picked the problem: http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/~zabrock...3/article.html

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Random number question

OK, I am never to programming, but I am working on a small project. I want to use a random number generator in order to have random effects, but I would like it to where it would be more likely to get...

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Plot ellipse through apex and two other points

I need to draw an ellipse through point P2, which is the apex of either the minor or major axis, and two other points P1 and P3. Am I correct in believing there can only be one such ellipse? And if so,...

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Combination Picker

Hello Lively member Passel advised me this side of the vbforums. So here I am. He already gave me some stuff to think about. I wonder if I could get some other input over here. Can you help me in about...

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Excel rounds 'up' decimal?

4318.90 - 369.64 = 3949.27? Should it not be just 3949.26 only?

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Generating rectangles around a centre point in a spiral starting from the centre

Ehh, it's been a while since I've been on VBForums. Feels a little nostalgic :bigyello: Anyway I have a central point (40x40 pixel rectangle) and I want to generate (40x40 pixel) rectangles around it...

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Prove this

This problem seems easy, but I can't solve it. Prove that if 0<x<1 then sqrt(x)>x. Example: x=1/4 sqrt(1/4)=1/2.

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Get X/Y coordinates

I'm rewriting a 2d tile based map creator program that I wrote a good while back. One of the features that I'm trying to implement is to know where your mouse is in relation to the map. Currently I...

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Book about Pattern Recognition

Hi all ! I'm lokking for a book about Pattern Recognition ("Solution Manual to Accompany Pattern Classification" by O.Duda), but it seems impossible to find (I looked also in amazon.com but there...

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[RESOLVED] Rise/Run to Angle

For a number of years I've been using a simple rise/run vector to represent the direction of a moving object onscreen. For example, if I wanted to represent the trajectory of an object moving from...

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calculating maximum distinct char permutations

if I have four characters: R, G, B, Y, I can calculate the maximum possible permutations as they are distinct characters and the maximum is 24, which is the factorial of 4. but if the characters are:...

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[RESOLVED] calculating maximum distinct char permutations

if I have four characters: R, G, B, Y, I can calculate the maximum possible permutations as they are distinct characters and the maximum is 24, which is the factorial of 4. but if the characters are:...

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[C#] Finding angles based on side lengths

I've been following solutions on various sites about the law of sines and law of cosines. However, I must be all mixed up or something because I can't figure out the formulas. I know the lengths of all...

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The maximum number of divisors

In this problem all numbers are integers. In the range [1 - 100], find the number, or numbers, that have the maximum number of divisors. Example: -Divisors of 5 are: 1-5. The number of divisors is 2....

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