Re: Enigma 1459 - Twelve elevenths

Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

CBFalconer said:

Peter Smyth wrote:
"Chappy" <petergregorychapman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can't give you any marks for zero, since the problem clearly
refers to "digits", plural.

00 metres.

IIRC the original post included a ban on leading zeroes.

YRI. Here it is: "If we assume that 11 meters = 12 yards, what is the
smallest integral number of meters that can be converted to its equivalent
integral number of yards simply by rearranging the order of the digits of
the number?"

I see no ban on leading zeroes.

In any case, these were trailing zeroes :>

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