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Challenge #176: Math Class Drill

AYXAcademy
Alteryx
Alteryx

A solution to last weeks' challenge can be found here

 

The end of summer is near, and it's nearly time to head back to school! Get your brain back into the swing of things with this math class drill. @KaneG  found this problem in his desk on a piece of paper, and he thought it'd be heaps easier to solve in Alteryx. Is he right?

 

https://www.xkcd.com/1856/https://www.xkcd.com/1856/

 

 

 

RolandSchubert
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

My solution.

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

My solution. Could have pivoted also...

 

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David-Carnes
12 - Quasar

Fun!

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NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

I love the smell of math in the morning.

 

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My solution - 371! I like that it's only 1 off from one of the other known answers, 370. Gotta love the power of one.
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Cheers!

NJ

ADerbak
11 - Bolide
Fun! Solution Attached
bnelly1987
8 - Asteroid

Great Challenge!

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viveknshah
8 - Asteroid
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danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

And there I was ready to say "001".  Doh!

 

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Like @PhilipMannering and @RolandSchubert, I went for single formula solution

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A very repetitive single formula

Pow(tonumber(Substring(tostring([RowCount]),0,1)),3) +
Pow(tonumber(Substring(tostring([RowCount]),1,1)),3) +
Pow(tonumber(Substring(tostring([RowCount]),2,1)),3)

Dan

Kenda
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula
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My first thought was to generate numbers 0-9 then append them a couple times to get my list of possible numbers. This left 0 as a possible first number, but none of these turned out as answers so I left it as is.


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