Re: Pupil needs advice

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From: Dwayne
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:00

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Robert J. Pease wrote:

> This is a clone of the "two guys are painting a room..." problem.
> The "fast" trick is to take the product of the rates /sum of the rates.
>
> I had a Student in College  Intermediate Algebra ( for about five days)
> who had got the impression that EVERY problem involving two different
> numbers could be worked this way.
> Ah..New MAth!!!

Oh great, I hate this new math.  It started in my high school when I was a sophomore.
After 3 years in it, they couldn't do standard Geometry, let alone Trig.  After 3 years
you had the option of going to AP Calculus...I don't know a single person who wanted to.
Sure, I took AP Calculus, and passed the BC test with a 4, but I didn't take this "new
math" crap.

Dwayne

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