How?

[questionposter]

What language can I speak to say that 1+1=1?

[Rilx]

Boolean.

[Joatmon]

Any language you like, as long as it doesn't have to be a true statement

[questionposter]

 

Boolean.

 

 

I guess it's close, I was thinking

Binary

 

[hypervalent_iodine]

I guess it's close, I was thinking

Binary

 

 

Except then wouldn't your question be 1 + 1 = 10?

[questionposter]

Except then wouldn't your question be 1 + 1 = 10?

 

That's what I originally thought too, but there's something about the modulus that would make it 11, which would set it back to 1 since it exceeded 10 by 1. 10+1 mod 10 =1?

Perhaps I'm thinking of a specific setup, too specific,

Edited March 30, 2012 by questionposter

[John]

That's what I originally thought too, but there's something about the modulus that would make it 11, which would set it back to 1 since it exceeded 10 by 1. 10+1 mod 10 =1?

Perhaps I'm thinking of a specific setup, too specific,

 

You could do (1+1) mod 2, but that's just 0. 1+1 in binary is, in fact, 10.

 

And yes, (10+1) mod 10 = 1.

[Joatmon]

In speaking you have the option of saying "One plus one is one", instead of "One and one is one". My answer fits either statement!

[md65536]

What language can I speak to say that 1+1=1?

 

I had no problem saying it in English.

Edit: I should read the other posts before replying.

Edited April 13, 2012 by md65536

[SamTheSerious]

I think the only case where this would be correct is in logic gates,

for instance a OR gate with the inputs 1 and 1 will have output of 1,

but if you wanted to answer to be binary then 1 + 1 = 10 or 0 in binary

depending on the max bit size that you are allowed to use.