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Article #6385Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox)
From: Ed Dravecky III
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 00:00
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Enkidu (enkidu@mail.utexas.edu) wrote: > I've often hit the "suspension of disbelief" barrier when attempting to > explain mathematical concepts, from the hierarchy of infinities to (in a > different person) why when multiplying makes a number *bigger*, > multiplying 1 * (1/3) makes it get *smaller*. <snip> 1 1 1 When you draw out the math, it becomes clear that you - x - = - are not multiplying 1 by 1/3 but rather dividing 1 by 3. 1 3 3 Why this should surprise anybody is beyond me. (And who the heck multiplies anything by ONE and expects it to change in any way whatsoever to begin with? Squirrels?) -- Ed Dravecky III is: * This message contains less than 2% of the dsheldon@netcom.com * USDA recommended daily allowance of fiber
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: f5d40,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d40,public X-Google-Thread: 10f3ae,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f3ae,public X-Google-Thread: 10a148,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a148,public X-Google-Thread: ffd1b,685ba1a60412cd32 X-Google-Attributes: gidffd1b,public From: dsheldon@netcom.com (Ed Dravecky III) Subject: Re: Stupid Math tricks (was Re: Zeno's Paradox) Date: 1997/04/22 Message-ID: <dsheldonE91p69.Evt@netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 236661967 Sender: dsheldon@netcom3.netcom.com References: <858944975.21700@dejanews.com> <E7pGE8.21v@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca> <hatunenE7pK18.n1L@netcom.com> <5he5lg$hs8@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu> <5heubn$r3v@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <5hhq2q$fr1@usenet.rpi.edu> <5j4pis$3ka$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> <dlawson-1804970653040001@news2.aimnet.com> <Pine.HPP.3.91.970418125337.19713E-100000@pwic045.ks.boeing.com> <5467xk2crt.fsf_-_@puli.cisco.com> <33581A1D.54D2@nextconnect.com> <3358552F.7ECA@greenms.com> <3359E6C3.5420@nextconnect.com> <enkidu-2104971331430001@slip-g-12.ots.utexas.edu> Followup-To: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban Organization: 1082 Communications Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,alt.conspiracy,alt.folklore.science,hsv.general,alt.folklore.urban