6 ms·

He could mean base 2. So 60,000*2^2=240,000

• brudgers 14y ago
  Base -2 would get us cleanly to the $15,000 project mentioned in the article. A sort of "Lose £30 in 30 days," approach. However, I am not a mathematician. I don't know that base -2 complies with the laws of mathematics.
  • KMag 14y ago
    -2 2 == 2 2. I think you mean base 0.5.
    • brudgers 14y ago
      It's a good thing I don't claim to be a mathematician. Improvements for negative exponent version 2.0 - any loss can now be called exponential growth by selecting the appropriate exponent.
    • Tyr42 14y ago
      How base works: In base n, you have a number that looks like a list of digits ex. abc. Let's notate that c = number[0], b = number[1], a = number[2]. Then the value of the number is the sum value = 0; for(i = 0; i < numberOfDigits; i++) value += n^i + number[i]; Or, it looks like a(n^2) + b(n^1) + c*(n^0). So, if you have a base less than 1, you get smaller as you go to the left. Also, if you have a negative base, you change from adding to subtracting every digit. In a sort of "That'll take 2 years, minus 4 months, plus 2 weeks, minus 3 days" sort of way.