Ambiguously Gendered Revenge of "What is the Hivemind?"

[Darth K'Trava]

High school Algebra; that's the second year of Algebra, right? The one that comes after Geometry? We called it Algebra II in Maryland, since it wasn't necessarily taken in High School. OK, well I guess 99% of people took it in High School, but I did it earlier and started with Trig in High School...

We had in high school:

Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II

 

[Darth K'Trava]

No reason to be embarassed. A LOT of people don't get this.

Take my equation for party drinks, earlier. Y times 2 = Z. Now, while I'm waiting to go buy drinks, someone calls to tell me that they are having a party the next night, and inviting all the same people, and could I please get drinks for that, too?

Y (the number of people) times 2 drinks = Z cans

But now,

Y (the number of people) times 2 drinks times 2 parties = Z cans times 2 parties

I changed the equation on both sides to reflect two parties, and I can still put in Y (number of people) and get Z (how many cans to buy.)

But your equation assumes that Y does not change from one party to another.

 

[Jdvn1]

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

- Kemrain the Defensive.

Math is not a measure of how good a person is. I've known lots of jerks who are good at math. They are horrible people.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Math is not a measure of how good a person is. I've known lots of jerks who are good at math. They are horrible people.

I also know a lot of people who are very poorly adjusted to real life, but are masters of their own little world of math. I would rather be Kemrain than they (assuming Kemrain is more well-adjusted, of course, and I could be wrong again).

 

[Knight Otu]

Math is not a measure of how good a person is. I've known lots of jerks who are good at math. They are horrible people.

*whistles innocently*

So, did the crossbow bolt hit?

 

[Rystil Arden]

*whistles innocently*

So, did the crossbow bolt hit?

Huh?

 

[Jdvn1]

<sigh> I understand that conceptually, but it doesn't make sense and isn't intuitive at all. It totally sucks. I didn't understand division at all until someone described it as fitting one dumber into a number of equal groups equal to the other number. After that, it just clicked, and I totally got it. I know the feeling well, and though I understand what you're saying, I'm not feeling it. It just isn't clicking.

- Kemrain the Dumb.

How about this?

12 = 12
3*4 = 10+2

3*2² = (50/5)+2

If you can work out the equation bold, now change it to:

3*n² = (50/5)+2

 

[Jdvn1]

*whistles innocently*

So, did the crossbow bolt hit?

It's the jerks with the crossbows; you tell me.

... Wait, should I check on the kobolds... ?!

 

[Knight Otu]

Huh?

Just a little battle between Jdvn and me from one or two threads back.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Just a little battle between Jdvn and me from one or two threads back.

Ah