#math trivia for #May7: Similar to #127: How can #128 be computed from 1, 2, and 8 using only two operations from +, -, *, /, ^?
— Burt Kaliski Jr. (@modulomathy) May 7, 2012
There’s a small trick: You have to use either parentheses or superscripts.
128 = 2^(8-1)
or
128 = 28-1
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