Challenge Problem Showdown – March 11, 2013
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Here is this week’s problem:
In the expression a $ b, the $ symbol represents one of the following arithmetic operations on a and b (in the order the variables are shown): addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Given that it is not true that a $ b = b $ a for all possible values of a and b, a pair of nonzero, non-identical values for a and b is chosen such that a $ b produces the same result, no matter which of the operations (under the given constraints) that $ represents. The nonzero value of b that cannot be chosen, no matter the value of a, is
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