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January 16th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Arizona

Gerald Thurman brings us the first bilingual mathematically significant roadsign found. Of course with math we don’t have to worry about that, because it is the universal language. Where this sign is found you could probably hit a golf ball into Mexico!

Mr. Thurman brings together a variety of different types of numbers in this sign.

{{2 + 10 + 4} \over {16}} + 0 + 0 = 1

This sign is from downtown Douglas, Arizona. The GPS coordinates are approximately N31.34447 W109.55197. See sign on map!

Tags: Arizona

3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Tri-Me // Jan 16, 2006 at 10:53 pm

    It would make no difference mathmatically, but shouldn’t the 0’s be in there somewhere.

  • 2 Road Sign Math Administrator // Jan 16, 2006 at 11:10 pm

    Tri-Me,

    You are absolutely correct! I’m embarassed that I missed that. I’ve corrected the entry to add the 0’s as required, even though Mr. Thurman did not include them in his calculation. And while you are correct that it made no difference mathematically, Mr. Thurman can thank you for raising his sign score from a 6.0 to a 6.7 for the inclusion of the additional zeros.

    Thanks for the eagle eyes!

  • 3 Road Sign Math Administrator // Jan 17, 2006 at 6:21 am

    I seem to have been challenged with this sign! After I adjusted the score for the two additional zeros, I forgot to also add in the two addition operators. I’ve remedied this now, and the sign has moved from a 6.0 to 6.7, and now a 6.7 to a 7.2.

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