Practice question · Numerical answer
An edition is declared at ten casts. How many of them are equally the work?
Hints
- The edition was declared in advance.
- All of them.
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10
Why
All ten. The numbering records position, not authenticity, which is why "1/10" is not more the work than "9/10", and why the interesting question about any cast is whether it falls inside a declared, authorised edition at all.
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