If a chessboard were to have wheat placed upon each square such that x grains were placed on the first square and each successive square after had y times the amount of grains as the square before. How many grains of wheat would be on the chessboard at the finish?
Assume the chess board is n by n squares.
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David
on 7 Jan 2013
consider using isequalwithequalnans (isequaln) against NaN instead of isequal against 'NaN' in test 7.
Jean-Marie Sainthillier
on 12 Mar 2013
n=-1 ???
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Robert Turner
on 4 Jan 2013
This should also be slimmed down somehow.
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Robert Turner
on 4 Jan 2013
Someone can easily beat this lead.
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