this should be easy

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Solve:

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Ken

[StuartR]

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0.61278385672

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0.61278385672

Sorry, try again.

Ken

[HansV]

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42 (after all, it's the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything)

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42 (after all, it's the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything)

It wasn't the answer what I had in mind and if I accepted it, would it not kind of make the idea of a puzzle forum a bit redundant?

Ken

[StuartR]

I guess it could be

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1.83835157016

[HansV]

How about

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4

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I guess it could be

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1.83835157016

Again, not what I had in mind. How did you arrive at this answer?

Ken

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How about

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4

Still not right, can't see where that one came from either.

[StuartR]

...
Again, not what I had in mind. How did you arrive at this answer?

It's 3 x log(4.1)

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It's 3 x log(4.1)

Ah, so it is. It didn't come naturally to me.

Ken

[StuartR]

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I assumed it was log(4.1) and not ln(4.1) because they were logs and not lns, but I guess the logs were pretty natural.

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I assumed it was log(4.1) and not ln(4.1) because they were logs and not lns, but I guess the logs were pretty natural.

Would you like a or a as your prize?

Ken

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PS Your first answer, was our first reaction when we came across this log on our walk yesterday but that we quickly moved on to ln(4.1), after all wood is natural.l

[StuartR]

At this time on a Sunday I think the would go down best

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OK, have two one for now and one for later
:cheers;

Ken

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Looking at just the picture, which doesn't show the whole pile, I suppose another possible solution is log base 2 (4.1)

[StuartR]

I like your latest suggested solution, very witty