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Also, the use of the word middle is being interpreted by most program examples as the middle three digits, including the end digits if the length of the number (in base 10) is exactly three digits. If anybody was asked to pick any of the middle doors, and there is five doors in a row, I can guarentee that nobody will pick a door on either end. Middle (to most people) means anything except the ends. It's way to late to define what the ''middle'' is. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 03:05, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
:Base 10: I think it is OK to assume base 10 as the default base especially when base is not mentioned; also there are uncontested correct examples around from the start that make the same assumption. On the meaning of middle three when there are three: I would think that most people would probably have to think it through for this task, but should see that the answer asked for is a logical progression of the meaning of middle three when considering seven then five then three things.
:If asked to "pick any of the middle doors" is a different thing altogether, and much more loose in its use of English. There is less context and confusion as middle without some quantity could default to meaning one door to be picked. No context so what does middle mean? closest to a centre? numerically "half the way through"? What happens if their are two candidates for middle?
:As I hope I have shown, describing a task free from ambiguity is an impossible task. Best to take what is there and try your best to understand it. If there are many correct examples of the task there already then think that it may be better to ask for further personal clarification rather than ask for a change to the task description as task descriptions shouldn't be too long. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 06:49, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
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