Recent data points to a startling fact: teenagers may have other things on their mind while in math class. Today a student asked me, “will ’slope-intercourse’ form be on the final exam?”
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Recent data points to a startling fact: teenagers may have other things on their mind while in math class. Today a student asked me, “will ’slope-intercourse’ form be on the final exam?”
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Artie, please consider the pole problem. You know, we’re on a walk you go on one side of the pole I go on the other then we have to unravel. Since, “make sure you’re on the same side as me” doesn’t seem to be effective communication, let us try a more rigorous approach. Consider yourself [...]
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When solving problems in Engineering School (Cal Poly) involving a lagoon in this shape I was told to approximate the volume with a trapezoidal prism. Although the shape is trapezoidal it is not a prism, so this always bothered me a bit. After using two methods (1) breaking the shape down into simpler polyhedra with [...]
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