78th birthday candles

[Transpower]

But with (1 0) very few (if anyone) would understand this to be in base 
78.  To be fair you need to add the subscript 78 at the end.  This would 
make it 4 numerals.

Regards,
Ron Satz
Transpower Corporation, transpower at aol.com, www.transpowercorp.com


Howard Wolowitz wrote on 2/11/2006, 1:26 PM:

 > Woops, I stand corrected # = 2   (1 0)
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Howard Wolowitz" <howiewz at beonthenet.com>
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 > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 1:24 PM
 > Subject: 78th birthday candles
 >
 >
 > >> What are the fewest number of candles (and how do I arrange them) I
 > can
 > >> put on the cake I bake to celebrate the 78th anniversary of my birth?
 > >
 > > Small # would be 1, dead center (in base 78).
 > >
 > > Howie
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