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enter image description here From The Escape Room Advent Calendar: Puzzle book for adults

I know the answer to this puzzle.

I cannot for the life of me figure out why it is what it is.

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    Commented Dec 3, 2023 at 19:56

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I think the answer is

$e=11$

Indeed, looking at

the approximate values given in the book, we can see that there are mistakes in the given number.

$\pi=13$:

3.14159265358919… where actually $\pi$ is approximatively equal to 3.14159265358979… ; the 13th digit is wrong.

$\sqrt{2}=7$:

1.41421386… where actually $\sqrt{2}$ is approximatively equal to 1.41421356… ; the 7th digit is wrong.

So:

Since $e$ is approximatively equal to 2.718281828459…, the first wrong digit in 2.718281828419… is the 11th.

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