Thread: If 1x = 99x, what is the value of x?

43,826,196.898

Yes, I am going against the grain of answers but read on for an explanation.

Today we use computers to multiply large numbers. Unfortunately, computers don’t really understand or know how to store infinity (nor irrationals) and only can store finite rational numbers. Under the most common 4-byte architecture, an integer is allocated 32 bits of information, making the largest (unsigned) integer available 4,294,967,295. Adding one to the largest unsigned int overflows the allocated data, making the result loop back to zero.

Sidenote: A story about how Gangnam Style overflowed the Youtube view counter can be read here:

Gangnam Style overflows INT_MAX, forces YouTube to go 64-bit

Adding 43,826,196.898 to itself 99 times (then casting to unsigned int) will result in an overflow loop, resulting in.. the original number.


Source: https://www.quora.com/If-1x-99x-what-is-the-value-of-x


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