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[โ€“] rasensprenger@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Less than half and more than half imply strict inequality, so 6000 < x/2 < 6002, so 12001 <= x <= 12003

[โ€“] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're absolutely correct, it should be "<". Since he wished for such an odd number, I wouldn't constrain x to integers though. Maybe he wished for "more than twelve thousand spears"?