Ambiguously Gendered Revenge of "What is the Hivemind?"

[Rystil Arden]

In most high schools it goes something like:

Freshman: Algebra 1
Sophomore: Geometry
Junior: Algebra 2/Trig
Senior: Trig/Precal/Cal

A lot of Freshman place out of Algebra 1, though, and do everything a year early.

In ours, most people I knew did:

Frosh: Algebra II
Soph: Precalc
Jun: Calc A/B
Sen: Calc C *OR* Statistics *OR* no more math

I did:

Frosh: Precalc
Soph: Calc A/B
Jun: Calc C + Multivariable Calc + Statistics
Sen: Differential Equations

 

[Kemrain]

What about your unactions?

Unactions, or nonactions?

I do try to be responsible for what I don't do. It's only proper.

- Kemrain the Unacive.

 

[Rystil Arden]

... Why do you have to define a limit to use 1/infinity?

1/infinity is not defined. You need to properly say "The limit of 1/n as n approaches infinity"

 

[Goblyn]

There are book nerds/geeks/dorks too. They don't have to be good at math.

Oh, right. I forgot. You're okay then

Katydids
Eat
Many
Roots
And
Interesting
Nuts

...

 

[Jdvn1]

But.. How do you have the power to screw with the equation? It just doesn't make sense to me.

- Kemrain the Embarrased.

The equation doesn't matter as long as everything stays equal. The point of Algebra is to focus on the equality, not the equation. You're just trying to make everything equal.

When you have
2x = 4

You're trying to keep everything equal while getting x by itself. So you divide both sides by two and both sides stay equal, and you find that x = 2.

 

[Kemrain]

In ours, most people I knew did:

Frosh: Algebra II
Soph: Precalc
Jun: Calc A/B
Sen: Calc C *OR* Statistics *OR* no more math

I did:

Frosh: Precalc
Soph: Calc A/B
Jun: Calc C + Multivariable Calc + Statistics
Sen: Differential Equations

Yes, yes, yes.. You, and most of the people you know, are better than me. Get over it.

- Kemrain the Defensive.

 

[Torm]

You not only CAN, you pretty much HAVE to:

Take X = Y. Very basic equation, right? If X = 3, Y = 3. If X = 24, Y = 24. Boom.

Now, I'll subtract 2 from one side only.

X - 2 = Y.

Well, no, no it doesn't. 24 - 2 (22) doesn't equal 24. It no longer equates. It's broken.

But X - 2 = Y - 2. That still equates.

 

[Kemrain]

Oh, right. I forgot. You're okay then

Katydids
Eat
Many
Roots
And
Interesting
Nuts

...

I thought they ate leaves...

- Kemlail the Interesting.

 

[Goblyn]

I thought they ate leaves...

- Kemlail the Interesting.

Probably but in the time it took me to make that the thread moved like 20 posts.

Anyway, is the algebra stuff helping? If not I can posit a metaphor for the equation.

 

[Kemrain]

Probably but in the time it took me to make that the thread moved like 20 posts.

Anyway, is the algebra stuff helping? If not I can posit a metaphor for the equation.

Not all that much. I still don't really understand equalities and such.

One of the things I hate the most about math is that they've given everything a name, and it's a horribly confusing non-descriptive, icky nasty name.

- Kemrain the Descriptive.