Quincy

Quincy
Found by	RanWiz
City
State	Massachusetts
Country	United States
Continent	North America
Posted on	Oct 21, 2005
Map Location	42° 27' 18" N, 71° 6' 11" W
Numbers	4, 9, 18
Type	Advanced
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Randy Weiss continues his quest to put Massachusetts on the top of the hill for mathematically significant roadsigns with the wonderful Quincy sign found just north of Boston. This sign is just so simple and straightforward. Dare I say it? Elegant?

The math in this sign uses the square root operator, one of only a handful of unary operands, to get a 2 into the sign and make the math work.

$\sqrt{4} \times 9 = 18$

This sign is found on I-93 southbound just 9 small miles north of 'Bean Town' in the