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From: kvt@druwa.ATT.COM (TranKV)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [NEWS] Asian-American claims bias at Marine officer school
Date: 20 Nov 92 23:09:19 GMT
Distribution: soc


Asian-American Claims Bias at Marine Officer School

By Mellisa Healy
Los Angeles Times
[ reprint without permissions]

WASHINGTON - When Bruce Yamashita enrolled in the Marine Corps' Officer
Candidate School in February 1989, he had every reason to  believe that he
would emerge from the course a Marine Corps officer -- the first American
military officer in his family's three generations of Japanese-Americans.

Throughout the grueling 10-week course in Quantico, Va., Yamashita, a law
school graduate and high school football star in Hawaii, appeared to be
clearing all physical and academic hurdles laid before prospective officers.

But unlike most of them, Yamashita withstood another trial that he believes
more than proving his mettle: repeated ethnic slurs from his superiors.

On the first day of class, a staff sergeant told him, "We don't want your kind
around here. Go back to your country!" Another instructor asked Yamashita why
he didn't join the Japanese Army, and he was addressed regularly by the trade
names of Japanese cars and motorcycles. Another drill sergeant reminded him
that the United States in WWII had "whipped your Japanese ass!"

But two days before graduation, Yamashita abd four other officer-candidates --
all but one of them an ethnic minority -- were "disenrolled" from the course.
Yamashita said he was told he was being denied a commission because he has
shown "unsatisfactory leadership."

When he complained about his treatment he was told initially that the racial
remarks and behavior were an appropriate test of his mental toughness. Only
later did the Marine Corps apologize and offer him another chance to take the
course.

But Yamashita refused. Now, 3 1/2 years later, Yamashita will appear before
the Naval Discharge Review Board and stake his claim to the officer's
commission that he says ethnic discrimination denied him.

He brought an analysis of Marine Corps data that he contends shows a
"pervasive and consistent pattern of discrimination" against racial and ethnic
minorities.

"There was statistically little or no chance for (Yamashita) to be
commissioned because the system was stacked against him and every other
minority candidate for almost a decade," said William Kaneko, president of the
Honolulu chapter of the Japanese-American Citizens League, which helped
prepare his case.

Using Marine Corps statistics, the league discovered that in the eight year
period, minority candidates were flunked out of the classes at a rate of
almost 50 percent. By contrast, only one in three white officer-candidates
were disenrolled.

The case also interests blacks and Hispanics, who are heavily represented in
enlisted ranks but who have much smaller numbers in the officer corps.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: drk@melodian.cs.uiuc.edu (Dave Kohr)
Subject: Re: [POL] That was then, this is now.
Organization: CS Dept., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Distribution: soc
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 07:29:23 GMT

In article <22592@drutx.ATT.COM> kvt@druwa.ATT.COM (TranKV) writes:
>Winter 1972 - THE SOUTH VIETNAM GOVERNMENT was accused of "dictactorship"
>and being THE ONLY ROAD-BLOCK TO A BETTER VIETNAM.
>
>Winter 1992 - US INDIFFERENCE AND TRADE EMBARGO are accused as THE ONLY
>ROAD-BLOCK TO A BETTER VIETNAM.
>
>Situations are the same but people use opposite reasoning. 
>ARE WE TAKEN FOR A RIDE?
>
>Kim

Who precisely are these people using inconsistent reasoning?
-- 
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Work: 3244 DCL, (217)333-6561  Home: (217)359-9350  E-mail: drk@cs.uiuc.edu
                   "One either has none or not enough."
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: "JFT@NCCIBM1.BITNET"                      <JFT%NCCIBM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: ** VIetnamese Embassy in Mexico? **
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: JFT%NCCIBM1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:33:30 GMT


HI,

  Does anyone know the address of the Vietnamese Embassy in
Mexico?

  Thanks!

Tua~'n (John).
From: vle@engws8.ic.sunysb.edu (Vincent Le)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: Help file with .tar.Z
Date: 20 Nov 92 04:34:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook

In article <1eaoi5INN7f4@uni-paderborn.de> tln@uni-paderborn.de (Lam Nguyen) writes:
>
> Hi Ky,
>
>In article <12885@sail.LABS.TEK.COM>, kyn@soul.tv.tek.com (Ky Nguyen) writes:
>|> 
>|> Hello Netters,
>|> 
>|> I did ftp some file from some place else. they have .tar.Z
>|> I don't know how to convert back to run on PC.
>|> Please help
>|> thanks
>
> The .tar.Z files are in a UNIX-"tar" & "compressed" format (like "zip" or "lharc" format in DOS). All you have to do is : 
>
>    1). uncompress <filename>.tar.Z 
>       ==> it proceduces a <filename>.tar file.
>    2). If you want to see the contents of this .tar file, just type:
>        tar -tvf <filename>.tar | more 
>    3). To extract the contents, type:
>        tar -xvf <filename>.tar
> That's all :)

 Hi TLN and Ky,

Let put all steps 1, 2, 3, into one line! :-)

      zcat <filename.tar.Z> | tar xvf -

That all folks.

-Anthony

>
> TLN
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: ptran@joule.elee.calpoly.edu (Phu Tran)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Forwarded mail...
Date: 16 Nov 92 17:40:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: joule.9211161738.AA24964
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL17]

Forwarded message:
> From haituanv@microsoft.com Fri Nov 13 17:04:00 1992
> To: ptran@joule.elee.calpoly.edu
> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 17:04:53 PST
> From: haituanv@microsoft.COM
> Message-Id:  <9211131708.aa09469@ingate.microsoft.COM>
>
> To: ptran@joule.elee.calpoly.edu
> Subject: Re: -Do^' Vui
> Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
> In-Reply-To: <9211122004.AA03140@joule.ELEE.CalPoly.EDU>
> Organization: Microsoft Corporation
> Cc:
>
> Hi` hi`, ne^'u o+? VN cha('c Ha?i pha?i suy nghi~ la^u la('m,
> nhu+ng cu~ng may sang dda^y ho.c ddie^.n toa'n vo+'i so^'
> nhi. pha^n rie^'t...
> Tra? lo+`i: o^ng ca('t ra tha`nh nhu+~ng mie^'ng 1, 2, 4, 8,
> va` 16, (sum = 31)  Ca'ch ti'nh du+.a theo ca'ch dde^'m cu?a\
> so^' nhi. pha^n. :-)
>
> Ha?i
>
> In article <9211122004.AA03140@joule.ELEE.CalPoly.EDU> you write:
> >Cha\o Ca'c Ba.n,
> >
> >Co' mo^.t o^ng mu+o+'n nha\ kho^ng co' tie^\n nhu+ng o^ng co' va\ng.
> >O^ng co' ca^y va\ng da\i 31 inches, sau khi thu+o+ng lu+o+.ng vo+'i
> >o^ng chu? nha\.  Mo^~i mo^.t nga\y o+? -do' pha?i -du+a o^ng chu? nha\
> >1 inch va\ng.  Ne^'u o^ng o+? -do' ta^'t ca? la\ 31 nga\y thi\ o^ng pha?i?
> >ca('t ca^y va\ng 31 inches ra la\m ma^'y la^\n...???
> >
> >
Hi Ha?i,

Ro^'t cuo^.c tra? lo+\i -da.i ma\ cu~ng -du'ng -da'p so^' cua? tui.  Hay
thie^.t, la^\n sau tra? lo+\i le. le. le^n ok!.  Ta.i sao suy nghi~ la^u
qua' va^.y......Just Kidding...!!!

HT>
>


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: tran@neep.engr.wisc.edu
Subject: [REL] Faith
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: tran@neep.engr.wisc.edu
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:40:39 GMT


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

TO BELIEVE OR NOT TO BELIEVE, THAT'S THE QUESTION.

The following is only a glimpse on "Ti'n Ly'" PG:

     Don't believe anything on mere hearsay#.
     Don't believe traditions because they happen to be old and have been 
passed down through many generations.
     Don't believe anything because people talk a lot about it.
     Don't believe solely because the written testimony of some ancient wise 
man is shown to you#.
     NEVER believe anything that begs to be taken for granted, or because 
ancient precedent tempts you regard it as true#.
     Don't believe anything on the mere authority of your teachers or priests.
     What you SHOULD accept as true and as the guide to your life is
WHATEVER AGREES WITH YOUR OWN REASON AND YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE AFTER THOROUGH 
INVESTIGATION, AND WHATEVER IS HELPFUL BOTH TO YOUR OWN WELL-BEING AND THAT OF 
OTHER LIVING BEINGS.

                                            Anguttara-Nikaya
                                           (Ta(ng-Nha^'t-Bo^. Kinh)

Va^.y thi "Ti'n Ly'" PG la` ".Ho^?ng co' tin (a^?u)". How about that?
Buddhist Fanatics! No offense, Please!

Enjoy#.

CTN

Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: kbs@ccr-p6.ccr.jussieu.fr (K.B. Su)
Subject: Re: [MISC] Japanese Science and Technology Management Program
Organization: Laboratoire d'Electrochimie - Paris 7, FRANCE.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:11:28 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.141955.23028@bnr.ca> daudo@bcars201.bnr.ca (Dau Do) writes:

>>I used to have a roommate (an American girl, btw :)) who let me stay for
>>a short time as long as i took care of her apartment. :)
>>
>sometime, you get paid for living and taking care of one's house.
>Believe it or not !!
>
I believe u...can I get a rAise if I take CARE of the American girl (:>

Salut!
jb

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From: kevinle@eb4ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Kevin Le)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Boat Race Joke
Date: 17 Nov 1992 17:21:49 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kevinle@eb4ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Kevin Le)
NNTP-Posting-Host: eb4ts1.ebay.sun.com




Once upon a time an American aerospace company and the Japanese decided to have
a competitive boat race on the Detroit River. Both practiced hard and long to
reach their peak performance. On the big day they both felt as ready as they
could be.

The Japanese won by a mile!

Afterwards, the American Team became very discouraged by the loss and morale
sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat
had to be found. A continuous "Measurable Improvement Team" was set up to
investigate the problem and to recommend appropriate corrective action.
 
Their conclusion:

The problem was that the Japanese Team had eight people rowing and one person
stirring, whereby the American Team had one person rowing and eight people
stirring. The American Corporate Stirring Committee immediately hired a
consulting firm to do a study on the management structure. After some time and
millions of dollars, the consulting firm concluded that too may people were
steering and not enough were rowing.

To prevent losing to the Japanese again next year, the American team's
management structure was totally reorganized to four steering managers, three
area steering managers, one staff steering manager, and a new performance
system for the person rowing the boat, to give more incentive to work harder.
"We must give him empowerment and enrichment. That ought to do it."

The next year the Japanese won by two miles.

Another meeting was called. This time American team's managers decided to
include the person rowing the boat in the area steering managers committee.
This was a sure way of finding a winning combination. They listened patiently
to what the rower had to say , making comments at crucial points and helping
him to come to a workable conclusion. So they set out again, only this time the
rower was included not only as a rower, but also as part of the stirring team.

The next year the Japanese won by three miles.

Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance,
sold all the paddles, canceled all capital investments for new equipment,
halted development of a new canoe, and distributed the money saved as bonuses
to the senior executives.

	KL


Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: Nhan Tran <tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com>
Subject: NEWS/VN: Refugees start protest in Singapore
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:45:29 GMT


11/18

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES START PROTEST IN SINGAPORE

    SINGAPORE, Nov 18, Reuter - About 40 Vietnamese refugees have started a
sit-down protest in Singapore against a decision not to allow them to resettle
in third countries, a Home Affairs Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
    The protest began on Tuesday after 85 boat people at a refugee camp here
learned the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had ruled 
that they would not be resettled in third countries, he told Reuters.
    The refugees were screened-out as refugees about two months ago and "now
face the prospect of being repatriated to Vietnam," the spokesman said in a
separate statement.
    The 85 boat people have been in Hawkins Road camp for 16 to 24 months.
From: Minhtri Nguyen
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [REQUEST] Lyric for Oh! Mon amour
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:11:52 GMT
Organization: Amdahl


     Does any one of you have the lyric for Oh! Mon amour?  If you do, could
you post it or email me?  Thanks.

Tri.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: tran@sponge.micro.umn.edu (mu+.c ti'm)
Subject: [Tho+] Ti`nh ho.c tro` 
Organization: University of Minnesota CIS
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:00:09 GMT
Expires: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 06:00:00 GMT





                 TI`NH HO.C TRO`... 

       ***************************************************************
   
           Ti`nh ho.c tro` nga^y tho+ nhu+ng kho+` da.i 
           Ye^u tha^.t nhie^`u ma` cha(?ng da'm no'i chi 
           Nga`y tu+`ng nga`y hai ddu+'a mo^.t lo^'i ddi 
           Cha(?ng ai da'm mo^.t lo+`i trao thu+o+ng me^'n

           Cu+' mo^~i ddo^. xua^n qua he` la.i dde^'n 
           Ma('t ru+ng ru+ng nga^'n le^. buo^?i chia tay 
           Ba tha'ng xa nghe chia ca'ch tha^.t da`i 
           Mong tu+`ng phu't cho mu`a thu tro+? la.i

           ........................................


           O^i ky? nie^.m gio+` co`n in nho+' ma~i
           Ngu+o+`i ro+`i que^, ngu+o+`i o+? la.i nay dda^u? 
           O+? no+i dda^y du` xa nu+?a tinh ca^`u 
           Va^~n thu+o+ng nho+' , nghe sa^`u gia(ng kha('p lo^'i 

           Ti`nh tho+ da.i kho^ng ddu+o+.m ma`u gian do^'i 
           Ti`nh dda^`u tie^n xin giu+~ ma~i cho nhau 
           Tu+` ba^y gio+` va` ma~i dde^'n nghi`n sau 
           Luo^n nho+' ma~i ti`nh ho.c tro` thuo+? ddo'...
                       
                                 Mu+.c ti'm    


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: nguyet@wam.umd.edu ((Gone With The Wind))
Subject: Tho*: Bai` Tho* Tre^n Vach'
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:00:10 GMT




			Bai\ Tho* Tre^n Vach'



		Co' phai? ho^m nay, ngu*o*i\ tim\ dde^n' quan'
		Mu*o*n. co*n say dde^? que^n chuye^n. be^? da^u
		Ngo^i\ xuo^ng' dda^y ta, ngu*o*i\ cung\ can. chen'
		Ly tie^p' ly ta ddap. ddo^? thanh\ sa^u\

	Rot' mo^t. ly, tu*. thu*o*ng tha^n phie^u bat.
	Ngan\ da(m. xa vo' cu~, ngu*a. moi? mon\
	Que^ hu*o*ng ddo' con\ ma\ nhu* dda~ ma^t'
	Be? ga^y~ gu*o*m, tui? then. vo*i' giang so*n

		Rot' mo^t. ly, thu*o*ng lu~ ngu*o*i\ vong ban?
		Mo*i' xa que^ dda~ que^n he^t' co^i. nguo^n\
		ngo^n ngu*~ me. cha, gia? vo*\ ngo^ ngong.
		Va^t. cha^t' nao\ lam\ mo*\ to^i' lu*o*ng ta^m

	Rot' mo^t. ly thu*o*ng cho ddan\ tre? vie^t.
	Kho^ng tru*o*ng? thanh\ tre^n manh? dda^t' cha o^ng
	Bai\ quo^c' ca dda^u\ tie^n em bie^t' hat'
	Kho^ng hat' cho noi\ gio^ng' tie^n ro^ng\

		Rot' mo^t. ly thu*o*ng xac' gia\ tro^i dat.
		DDay' bie^n? xanh giai? thoat' kie^p' nguc. tu\
		Thu*o*ng be' so* sinh mie^ng. ghi\ vu' me.
		Hai me. con go^i' song' ngu? thie^n thu
From: ltran@lsil.com (Linh T. Tran 4900)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: ** Rules for placing accent marks? **
Date: 21 Nov 92 02:36:43 GMT
Reply-To: ltran@lsil.com
Organization: LSI Logic Corporation
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Danh Tran (dht@controls.ccd.harris.com) wrote:
: In article <1992Nov13.203853.5628@lsil.com> ltran@lsil.com writes:
: >
: >....
: >....
: >	ZERO RULE
: >	Always put the marks on the vowel, never on the consonent.
: >	
: >	FIRST RULE
: >	Always put the following marks on the vowel that already has a mark.
: >	Example:
: >	tha^'y, tho^?i, thuo+?, xuo^?ng, cuo^'c, nguye^~n .
: >	The point on the i is not counted as a mark, since all i must have
:                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: >	the point. 
:         ^^^^^^^^^^
: >
: 


	You miss the point! :-)

	I just said: "the point on i is not counted as a mark...". I didn't
	say that "it is forbidden to place a mark on the i"!!!!!

	I state the above just to clarify that when you confront the following
	words, you would not put the mark on the i JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A POINT!
	gia?, gia`, ddie^?n, ddie^.n, bi'u, vi'u , ...

	"Thiu thi?u" has the mark on "i" because i was the near the middle of
	the word, not because there was a point on i. And I didn't say it is
	forbidden to have the mark on i!



: I don't think this is true in Vietnamese language.  If there is a mark  
: on the vowel "i", then the point will not be there. i.e.
: 
:     -  chu't i't  (little), gia -di`nh (family), etc....

	The point will be there because of other rules! And those words doesn't
	have any ambiguity about placing marks. 

	OK, I was not clear. The point on the i is not considered tonal mark
	or a diacritial mark, nor considered as a vowel modifier in the class
	of u+, a^, etc. All i must have the point on as an INTEGRAL part of
	its symbol .

: 
: Look at the printing in VNese magazines, books, etc.., then you will see
: what I mean.
: 
: Danh Tran

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From: pdt2mtn@cabell.vcu.edu (Myhanh T. Nguyen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: Re: [Tho*]
Date: 14 Nov 92 22:17:41 GMT
Organization: Saigon.COM Public Access BBS, Sillicon Valley CA  (408)739-1520
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]


     
     Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,
   and learn not to thine own understanding.
      In all thy ways acknowledeg him
       and he shall direct thy path.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: hmyha@usho98.hou281.chevron.com (M.T.Tran)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Tho+: Mu+a
Date: 23 Nov 92 22:06:15 GMT
Organization: Chevron



         Mu+a va^~n ro+i, tu+`ng gio.t buo^`n la(.ng le~
         Sa^`u gia(ng gia(ng vui` la^'p ca? kho^ng gian...
         Co`n gi` dda^u khi ti`nh lo+~ nhi.p dda`n 
         Ho^`n bo+~ ngo+~, cho+` ma^y mu` gia(ng kha('p ...
          
         Va` ba^'t cho+.t chie^`u nay ta the`m kho'c,
         Chu't bo.t be`o ngu+o+`i no+~ tha? tro^i so^ng,
         Kho^ng ddoa'i thu+o+ng, va` cu~ng cha(?ng cho+` mong
         Ngu+o+i dda`nh ddoa.n buo^ng ro+i tu+`ng ky? nie^.m ...

         Do`ng ky' u+'c ta hoai` co^ng ti`m kie^'m 
         Ngu+o+`i xa ro^`i, dda^u nhu+~ng da^'u ye^u xu+a?
         Mu+a va^~n ro+i, tu+`ng gio.t nhe. ddong ddu+a 
         Ta cu'i ma(.t dde^'m sa^`u ve^` tra(m lo^'i ....
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Information Technology Dept.         (713) 596-3182
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From: Kevin_Dang@NeXT.COM
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [INFO REQUEST] Need help from netters in Seattle and its nearby areas
Date: 16 Nov 92 20:52:35 GMT
Reply-To: Kevin_Dang@NeXT.COM


Dear folks,

My wife will be moving to the Seattle area for a year, starting next  
January.  We have a map but not much specific information regarding the  
good, bad and ugly areas.  Would you please be kind in helping us out?  If  
you can, please write me information such as good and safe areas, traffic  
info, renting cost or shared housing, and weather info.  If you have some  
shared housing ads in VNese magazines, please fax to me at 415.780.4554  
and put Kevin Dang on the cover page.  I am sure that I have more  
questions to ask but they will come after an initial contact.

Also, if you work in the electronics industry, please tell us a bit about  
the job situation up there.  I am a software engineer so Microsoft  
probably is the place to look.  I would appreciate job description and  
opening info.

Thanks in advance,

Kevin
From: ptran@joule.elee.calpoly.edu (Phu Tran)
Subject: Re: -Do^' Vui
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: ptran@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:31:40 GMT

> 
> In soc.culture.vietnamese you write:
> 
> >Cha\o Ca'c Ba.n,
> 
> >Co' mo^.t o^ng mu+o+'n nha\ kho^ng co' tie^\n nhu+ng o^ng co' va\ng.
> >O^ng co' ca^y va\ng da\i 31 inches, sau khi thu+o+ng lu+o+.ng vo+'i
> >o^ng chu? nha\.  Mo^~i mo^.t nga\y o+? -do' pha?i -du+a o^ng chu? nha\
> >1 inch va\ng.  Ne^'u o^ng o+? -do' ta^'t ca? la\ 31 nga\y thi\ o^ng pha?i?
> >ca('t ca^y va\ng 31 inches ra la\m ma^'y la^\n...???
> 
> 
> Co' phai? la` 4 la^`n kho^ng?
> Ca'ch na`y la` bisection method.
> 31 / 2 = 16 & 15
> 15 / 2 = 8  & 7
> 7 /  2 = 4  & 3
> 3 /  2 = 2  & 1
> 
Hi There,

Ca^u tra? lo+\i -du'ng la\ 4 la^\n.

Another Method (Binary):

2^0 + 2^1 + 2^2 + 2^3 + 2^4 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 = 31

Ca('t ca^y va\ng 31 inches ra la\m 4 la^\n va\ -du+o+.c 5 mie^'ng nhu+ tre^n.

HT
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