Afficionado of mathematically significant road signs, David Slauenwhite, picked this sign up while pedaling on two wheels through the Empire State. This sign has the unique characteristic of not being terribly interesting in any way other than the math that it contains. All of the cities are fine, but do not pique ones interest in any particular area.

This sign uses the oft-overlooked but highly effective modulo operator to find it’s relationship. If you divide seven, by three, you have a remainder of?
This sign was found on NY 208 southbound as you approach NY 17K. The GPS coordinates are approximately N41 31 32.0 W74 12 02.8. See sign on map!
Ed.: This is the 4th sign from New York, which is quickly climbing up the rankings to becoming one of the states with the most mathematically significant road signs.

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1 ConMan // Sep 19, 2005 at 1:55 pm
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