What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?
10.06.2025 04:41
*Note that the abbreviation XL (for XXXX) appeared quite late in the Roman period, and never found universal favour
11010X
and for binary would be
It’s a matter of interpretation.
1234X
However, X +X^2 +X^3 + X^4 is a valid algebraic answer,
as would be assuming that these are representations of conventional numbers, in which case the answer for number bases of five or more would be
Given the use of upper case, I personally would initially assume Roman numerals*, so the answer would be C (100 in present-day decimal notation)
What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?