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According to sci-fi comedy author Douglas Adams, the Ultimate Answer to the question of life, the universe, and everything, to which the question is: "What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9?"
Of course, 42 is the answer in BASE-9, rather than in BASE-10.
(6*9)=42 in BASE-9
4 x 9 = 36
2 x 9 = 18
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54
So 6 x 9 really DOES equal 42. (pause) I've often thought that there was something *fundamentally* wrong with the universe... (snickers and looks around to see if anyone falls for this)
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