Sum of roots by A. Gupta is corrupt!

Hallo Fans,

mentioned problem is wrong! I gave correct answer 14641 and wish to get credits.

Yours Andy

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Hi Andreas, as mentioned in the previous note:

Can you link me to the problem itself?
I see that you are using a desktop browser. You can access the "hamburger" menu through the top right corner and select "report problem". This way, we get the report on the problem directly, instead of a random note that we have to figure out which problem you are attempting to talk about.

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 2 months ago

Mmmm Hamburgers.

Vishnu Bhagyanath - 5 years, 2 months ago

Hamburger menu, nice name. I used to call it rectangle-rectangle-rectangle menu HAHA!

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 2 months ago

I call it hamburger menu too -Inspired by Sir Calvin :D

Ashish Menon - 5 years, 1 month ago

Just submitting a report would have been fine. Do you need any help with how to do that?

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 5 years, 2 months ago

Till now I have NEVER been able to do this!!! A hint would be helpful.

Andreas Wendler - 5 years, 2 months ago

The three stripes sort of thing right near the problem level.

Vishnu Bhagyanath - 5 years, 2 months ago

@Vishnu Bhagyanath – This is very very curious and and particularly not self-explanatory. A "bravo" for the user interface! But perhaps a wizard could detect such good hidden feature. ;-)))

Andreas Wendler - 5 years, 2 months ago

@Andreas Wendler – I am sorry you feel that way. What do you think we could do to improve the interface?

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 5 years, 2 months ago

@Agnishom Chattopadhyay – First I must declare that I was never good in finding things - for example mushrooms in the wood. That's why I always enjoy when someone guides me directly to a destination. So I would have faster found the report ability if it was visible via en explicit labled button for example.

Andreas Wendler - 5 years, 2 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$