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#26 2012-07-10 05:53:59

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Re: So this is what was happening

Hi Bob

I suggest you edit out that phone number.

How do you like my new av?


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#27 2012-07-10 05:56:01

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Re: So this is what was happening

bobbym-taught myself most of the stuff

When an extremely talented problem solver who comes in here said something like that I was embarassed because it just ain't so in either case. I really do not care if some female thinks this is false modesty but let me say if you learned anything from me you had better follow Yoda's advice!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#28 2012-07-10 06:01:57

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Re: So this is what was happening

You really think you haven't taught me anything?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#29 2012-07-10 06:02:47

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Re: So this is what was happening

Apparently not.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#30 2012-07-10 06:04:15

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Re: So this is what was happening

How'd you get to that conclusion?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#31 2012-07-10 06:14:14

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Re: So this is what was happening

Because you violate the rule RIPOSTP continuously. You know I like the Discrete better. You did not read post #27.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#32 2012-07-10 06:17:31

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Re: So this is what was happening

I did. But who is the extremely talented problem solver.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#33 2012-07-10 06:19:18

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Re: So this is what was happening

Hah! That is proof you did not read the post!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#34 2012-07-10 06:23:11

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Re: So this is what was happening

But I did.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#35 2012-07-10 06:26:30

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Re: So this is what was happening

Nope, you read the first line, began to think about it and never got back to the rest. Your mind is locked in a loop:

10 Who is that problem solver
20 Goto 10


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#36 2012-07-10 06:31:57

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Re: So this is what was happening

No, I just found an a undeclared variable and gave an "error message".


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#37 2012-07-10 06:34:35

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Re: So this is what was happening

Yoda wrote:

You must unlearn what you have learned.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#38 2012-07-10 06:36:30

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Re: So this is what was happening

Hi everybody

I am new here. I really like math and I like helping people with it. I hope I make new friends here. smile


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#39 2012-07-10 06:37:49

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Re: So this is what was happening

That does appear to be a problem with his statement. I meant the alleged mathematics.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#40 2012-07-10 06:39:29

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Re: So this is what was happening

Hi all

I am having trouble with this :

If we have something like 3+2*5, is that 25 or 13?


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#41 2012-07-10 06:40:53

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Re: So this is what was happening

I just put it into the computer and let him/her sort it out.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#42 2012-07-10 06:42:24

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Re: So this is what was happening

But we are not allowed computers or calculators on the exam and I really have an issue with that type of problems.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#43 2012-07-10 06:48:58

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Re: So this is what was happening

If you can not remember PEMDAS then you can try left to right and be given 75% partial credit for the wrong answer.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#44 2012-07-10 07:00:17

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Re: So this is what was happening

But my parents aren't satisfied with an imperfect score. Math is my only problem. I am very good at most other subjects and I don't want math to be the only problem.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#45 2012-07-10 07:02:53

bobbym
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Re: So this is what was happening

When anonimnystefy checks in, ask him if he got the point of the post #27.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#46 2012-07-10 07:12:09

anonimnystefy
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Re: So this is what was happening

Hi bobbym

No, I did not get it. You are being too vague for me to understand.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#47 2012-07-10 07:17:40

bobbym
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Re: So this is what was happening

Hmmm.

Your statement in post #24 is not correct.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#48 2012-07-10 07:26:39

anonimnystefy
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Re: So this is what was happening

Which part of it don't you agree with.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#49 2012-07-10 09:06:13

bobbym
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Re: So this is what was happening

bobbym-taught myself most of the stuff,

It is kaboobly doo.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#50 2012-07-10 09:19:08

anonimnystefy
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Re: So this is what was happening

It is not.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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