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Re: KLBC: calculate in Klingon



Voragh:
>>The {-logh} method works nicely for short, whole numbers but how would 
>>you say something a bit more complicated?
>>
>>  324.56 x 9,288.3 = 3,014,610.648
 
DloraH:
>HutSaD cha'vatlh chorghmaH chorgh vI' wejlogh  wejvatlh cha'maH loS vI'
>vaghmaH jav tIchel.

Why {*tI*chel}, not {yIchel}?  324.56 is a single number.  

DujHoD:
: jIQochbe'. Except I would just put the numerals instead of writing out
: the numbers:  9288.3logh 324.56 tIchel. 

If Maltz lets us use {-logh} with non-whole numbers when multiplying.
(Maltz probably will, since he's a science officer.)  And I certainly agree
that writing numerals is easier than words.  But then, that was my
question:  How would you *say* "324.56 x 9,288.3 = 3,014,610.648"?  Don't
forget to state the result.

And for a challenge, how would you say "3,014,610.648/324.56 = 9,288.3"?



-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons 


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