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Old November 22nd, 2008, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by David24 View Post
hey mate,

without going into two much detail, I believe the solution lies between the intersection of |x - 2| = |x - 2^16| which over the region of intersection becomes
x - 2 = 2^16 - x
x = 2^15 + 1

am I completely off the mark? if not please let me know and I will post my full solution,

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David
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