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[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This works for all numbers ending in 9:

x*9+x+9=x(9+1)+9

=10x+9

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It makes sense, it's basically always 10*x+9.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't make much sense for negative values of X, nor decimal numbers.

[–] TheOakTree@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

Then simply change the statement to say for any whole number X