147/Historical Note
Historical Note on 147
$147$ is of course the maximum break in a game of snooker.
| \(\ds 147\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 15 \times \paren {1 + 7}\) | all $15$ reds followed by black for each one | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds + \, \) | \(\ds 2\) | yellow | ||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds + \, \) | \(\ds 3\) | green | ||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds + \, \) | \(\ds 4\) | brown | ||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds + \, \) | \(\ds 5\) | blue | ||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds + \, \) | \(\ds 6\) | pink | ||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\, \ds + \, \) | \(\ds 7\) | black | ||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 147\) |