What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?
Last Updated: 22.06.2025 11:47

1234X
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)
11010X
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What is the sum of X+XX+XXX+XXXX?
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
*Note that the abbreviation XL (for XXXX) appeared quite late in the Roman period, and never found universal favour
Have you ever heard of the god Priapus being the same as the god Phosphorus?
and for binary would be
However, X +X^2 +X^3 + X^4 is a valid algebraic answer,
It’s a matter of interpretation.