• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    therefore we cannot assume that 6001 is exactly half of the total.

    Correct, all we can deduce is the bounds:

    Let x be the number of spears hoped for.

    6000 < x/2 < 6002

    12000 < x < 12004

    Edit: fixed error

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      1 year ago

      Less than half and more than half imply strict inequality, so 6000 < x/2 < 6002, so 12001 <= x <= 12003

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        You’re absolutely correct, it should be “<”. Since he wished for such an odd number, I wouldn’t constrain x to integers though. Maybe he wished for “more than twelve thousand spears”?