Originally Posted By: Aramis
[quote=olly]In the beginning, the Universe was created. This made a lot of people angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.

6 x 9 using base 13 is coincidentally 42


Other quote: "I don't think so, Tim".

6 (in any base) times 9 (in any base) equals 54.
42[base13] is, as you stated, 4 thirteens (e.g. 52) plus 2 more.
Voila! 56[10] equals 42[base13]
{I realized hours after writing this that I had missed the mark.}

Last edited by ParkinT; 03/16/2007 8:21 PM.