Just for fun
Put any numbers to replace the "X" and the answer to the formula will always be 9 2 8 what else!

((((28+X)*6)-3)/3)-(X+3)+8-(X-72.5714285)*7 = 928
(Don't forget the signs - + - = +, if X is under 72.57)

Have fun

 

Math *****!

 

Someone has entirely too much time on their hands!

 

No answers with 928 in them were obtained by my Excel spreadsheet.

I will try my TI 89 when I get home.

 

thats really Geeky

 

Jean-Louis, How'd you come up with that? I'm mathematically challenged and always have been! Very cool though.

 

Lofty praise.

 

Any chance that X=-60?

 

Any chance that X=-60?

Can be any numbers, negative, zero, positive, even fraction.

 

remarkable, it's one of those non-functional integers..

Integer

The Integers consist of the positive natural numbers (1, 2, 3, …), their negatives (−1, −2, −3, ...) and the number zero. More formally, the integers are the only integral domain whose positive elements are well-ordered, and in which order is preserved by addition. Like the natural numbers, the integers form a countably infinite set. The set of all integers is usually denoted in mathematics by a boldface Z (or blackboard bold, ), which stands for Zahlen (German for "numbers").

The term rational integer is used in algebraic number theory to distinguish these "ordinary" integers, embedded in the field of rational numbers, from other "integers" such as the algebraic integers.

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Algebraic properties
Like the natural numbers, Z is closed under the operations of addition and multiplication, that is, the sum and product of any two integers is an integer. However, with the inclusion of the negative natural numbers, and, importantly, zero, Z (unlike the natural numbers) is also closed under subtraction. Z is not closed under the operation of division, since the quotient of two integers (e.g., 1 divided by 2), need not be an integer.

The following lists some of the basic properties of addition and multiplication for any integers a, b and c.

addition multiplication
closure: a + b is an integer a × b is an integer
associativity: a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c a × (b × c) = (a × b) × c
commutativity: a + b = b + a a × b = b × a
existence of an identity element: a + 0 = a a × 1 = a
existence of inverse elements: a + (−a) = 0
distributivity: a × (b + c) = (a × b) + (a × c)
No zero divisors: if ab = 0, then either a = 0 or b = 0

In the language of abstract algebra, the first five properties listed above for addition say that Z under addition is an abelian group. As a group under addition, Z is a cyclic group, since every nonzero integer can be written as a finite sum 1 + 1 + ... 1 or (−1) + (−1) + ... + (−1). In fact, Z under addition is the only infinite cyclic group, in the sense that any infinite cyclic group is isomorphic to Z.

The first four properties listed above for multiplication say that Z under multiplication is a commutative monoid. However, note that not every integer has a multiplicative inverse; e.g. there is no integer x such that 2x = 1, because the left hand side is even, while the right hand side is odd. This means that Z under multiplication is not a group.

All the properties from the above table, except for the last, taken together say that Z together with addition and multiplication is a commutative ring with unity. Adding the last property says that Z is an integral domain. In fact, Z provides the motivation for defining such a structure.

The lack of multiplicative inverses, which is equivalent to the fact that Z is not closed under division, means that Z is not a field. The smallest field containing the integers is the field of rational numbers. This process can be mimicked to form the field of fractions of any integral domain.

Although ordinary division is not defined on Z, it does possess an important property called the division algorithm: that is, given two integers a and b with b ≠ 0, there exist unique integers q and r such that a = q × b + r and 0 ≤ r < |b|, where |b| denotes the absolute value of b. The integer q is called the quotient and r is called the remainder, resulting from division of a by b. This is the basis for the Euclidean algorithm for computing greatest common divisors.

Again, in the language of abstract algebra, the above says that Z is a Euclidean domain. This implies that Z is a principal ideal domain and any positive integer can be written as the products of primes in an essentially unique way. This is the fundamental theorem of arithmetic.


Order-theoretic properties
Z is a totally ordered set without upper or lower bound. The ordering of Z is given by

... < −2 < −1 < 0 < 1 < 2 < ...
An integer is positive if it is greater than zero and negative if it is less than zero. Zero is defined as neither negative nor positive.

The ordering of integers is compatible with the algebraic operations in the following way:

if a < b and c < d, then a + c < b + d
if a < b and 0 < c, then ac < bc. (From this fact, one can show that if c < 0, then ac > bc.)
It follows that Z together with the above ordering is an ordered ring.

 

boy that tok a long time to type, haha