25 Sep '07 23:15>
Originally posted by wolfgang59We was juggling with his other hand.
For an astrophysicist you type slow!
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Originally posted by twilight2007nice
Let's see, 9x10^9 = 2^9 * 3^2 * 5^9. I think that's 200 possible factors.
So let x equal a factor of 9x10^9 and let y equal a multiple of x and a factor of 9x10^9. y will have all the ratios that x has, and more:
For example, we use 5.
5:0 (withdraw nothing)
4:1
3:2
Let's take the factor 25 this time.
25:0 (withdraw nothing)
24:1
23:2
22 ...[text shortened]... ss than 50%.
Please feel free to correct my errors or to ask me to make this post clearer.
Originally posted by twilight2007Interesting. I hadn't considered odd ratios like 3:2. But how do you get the numbers given a ratio?
Let's see, 9x10^9 = 2^9 * 3^2 * 5^9. I think that's 200 possible factors.
So let x equal a factor of 9x10^9 and let y equal a multiple of x and a factor of 9x10^9. y will have all the ratios that x has, and more:
For example, we use 5.
5:0 (withdraw nothing)
4:1
3:2
Let's take the factor 25 this time.
25:0 (withdraw nothing)
24:1
23:2
22 ...[text shortened]... ss than 50%.
Please feel free to correct my errors or to ask me to make this post clearer.