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- From: khchung@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr KH Chung)
- Subject: Re: Why Algebra...Important
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.023340.4349@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Summary: coffee
- Organization: Monash University, Australia.
- References: <7459@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:33:40 GMT
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- In article <7459@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu>, unicef@epilogue.mcl.ucsb.edu (Joel Rising) writes:
- > Math is a language, but a far more powerful one. To convince youself,
- > write out some equation, and then try to describe all the relationships it
- > embodies. It's not just "x=ky" but also "x is proportional to y" or "as x
- > goes up one, y goes up by some factor k." Relate the variables to some
- > real-world quantity, and the equation becomes even more rich with
- > information. Perhaps a whole paragraph could be gleaned from "x=ky."
-
- On the other hand, how do you order a cup of coffee using only mathematical
- notation?
- :-)
-