10-Jan-2014, 4:36 PM
[still using Arabic] There are only ten basic numbers including zero [no fractions]
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0.
After 9, we see it as 10. However, 10 isn't a number on its own. Since we don't have a single-digit value higher than 9, we revert to using 0 as a placeholder for a digit-less space value. Even though it has no value, it still must appear or else it will be read as "1".
That being said, "10" is a combination of just a one and a zero.
"11" is a combination of a one and another one.
etc.
So, if there are only ten basic numbers we can use, and we can only have ten guesses before the number switches, how can an eleventh number be guessed?
Obviously, the number has changed as ten guesses have already been posted on more than one occasion.
Let's restart.
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0.
After 9, we see it as 10. However, 10 isn't a number on its own. Since we don't have a single-digit value higher than 9, we revert to using 0 as a placeholder for a digit-less space value. Even though it has no value, it still must appear or else it will be read as "1".
That being said, "10" is a combination of just a one and a zero.
"11" is a combination of a one and another one.
etc.
So, if there are only ten basic numbers we can use, and we can only have ten guesses before the number switches, how can an eleventh number be guessed?
Obviously, the number has changed as ten guesses have already been posted on more than one occasion.
Let's restart.
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