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I got a (seemingly?) impossible problem:

- roman numerals must multiply to 35

- my chess move is: Rf7+

- Atomic numbers of elements must add up to 200

So I need V, VII and Rf7+ in there but then the atomic numbers are way past 200 already.



Just use XXXV? No need to do 5 * 7


it parses the V in XXXV as an element group


But that's not a problem because that leaves you with only V and R which add to 98, so you only need to add some others to get it up to 200.


I have a similar problem -- the Google Maps country I got is China, and the C is already 100 -- how do multiply it "down" to 35? Can I do parenthetical math similar to what a sibling comment suggested?

Update: I found the answer in another comment -- I can make the c lowercase! Thank you HN!


Same boat. I tried doing some parenthetical math (X-III)(III+II) but it doesn't work.


Well I is for Iodine,which has 53 as its atomic number, so this definitely wouldn't work anyways. XXXV is the way around this.




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