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Can 'ones' be used indiscriminately in algebra? If not, why not...
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Donald G. sHead wrote: Can 'ones' be used indiscriminately in algebra? If not, why not... Learn algebra and find out for yourself, ****Head. Perhaps someday, you might even graduate from eighth grade. |
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"Donald G. Shead" wrote in message
... Can 'ones' be used indiscriminately in algebra? If not, why not... You can DO whatever the hell you want to do... nobody here will convince you other than what you already think, so why bother asking anyone here? If they say No, you'll disagree.. if they say yes, you'll disagree.. save everyone the energy and just shut the hell up. |
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"Mark Mallory" wrote in message ... Donald G. sHead wrote: Can 'ones' be used indiscriminately in algebra? If not, why not... Learn algebra and find out for yourself, ****Head. Perhaps someday, you might even graduate from eighth grade. For a subscriber to this newsgroup, you are pretty low down and dirty! What do you know about me and eighth grade? That was a long time ago and even I've forgotten: There is some simple rule pertaining to using the number 'one': If you can't tell me, then I'd think you could do better just to let somebody else do it. At my age you don't just take courses in algebra to learn one simple rule; which it appears you didn't learn anyway. Do you even know that you can't divide 1 by zero, but you can divide zero by 1? I don't know about you(;^) |
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"Donald G. Shead" wrote: snip There is some simple rule pertaining to using the number 'one': If you can't tell me, then I'd think you could do better just to let somebody else do it. You were given an example of the use. You were told about dimensional analysis which uses the rule all the time. Go buy a high school algebra book and do every problem. /BAH Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail. |
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"Donald G. Shead" wrote: wrote in message ... In article , "Donald G. Shead" wrote: snip There is some simple rule pertaining to using the number 'one': If you can't tell me, then I'd think you could do better just to let somebody else do it. You were given an example of the use. You were told about dimensional analysis which uses the rule all the time. Go buy a high school algebra book and do every problem. Time is running out(;^) I don't want to know much more algebra than I do now. Thought I'd seek help here. Thanks for referring me to dimensional analysis, but I've been able to cancel units for years: That "cancelling units" is a shorthand form of multiplying by one. ****ing idiot. /BAH Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail. |
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wrote in message ... In article , "Donald G. Shead" wrote: snip There is some simple rule pertaining to using the number 'one': If you can't tell me, then I'd think you could do better just to let somebody else do it. You were given an example of the use. You were told about dimensional analysis which uses the rule all the time. Go buy a high school algebra book and do every problem. /BAH Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail. Time is running out(;^) I don't want to know much more algebra than I do now. Thought I'd seek help here. Thanks for referring me to dimensional analysis, but I've been able to cancel units for years: Many years ago I overheard a H.S. algebra teacher tell his class _something to the effect_ that the number one [1] was such that it didn't change the value (of an equation) when it was inserted in an equation. That made a lasting impression, since I didn't understand then, and don't now: In particular: Writing that acceleration [a] is _inversely_ proportional to the mass [m] of a body, as [a is proportional to 1/m]. That somehow doesn't look 'copesthetic' to me; especially if 'm' is a variable. I thought the rule might be simple enough for me to understand; but apparently it's not, |
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"Donald G. Shead" wrote in message ... "Mark Mallory" wrote in message ... Donald G. sHead wrote: Can 'ones' be used indiscriminately in algebra? If not, why not... Learn algebra and find out for yourself, ****Head. Perhaps someday, you might even graduate from eighth grade. For a subscriber to this newsgroup, you are pretty low down and dirty! What do you know about me and eighth grade? That was a long time ago and even I've forgotten: There is some simple rule pertaining to using the number 'one': If you can't tell me, then I'd think you could do better just to let somebody else do it. At my age you don't just take courses in algebra to learn one simple rule; which it appears you didn't learn anyway. Do you even know that you can't divide 1 by zero, but you can divide zero by 1? I don't know about you(;^) Ignore him. There is always one areshole in a newsgroup and you have just found him/her . Regards. |
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wrote in message ... In article , "Donald G. Shead" wrote: wrote in message ... In article , "Donald G. Shead" wrote: snip There is some simple rule pertaining to using the number 'one': If you can't tell me, then I'd think you could do better just to let somebody else do it. You were given an example of the use. You were told about dimensional analysis which uses the rule all the time. Go buy a high school algebra book and do every problem. Time is running out(;^) I don't want to know much more algebra than I do now. Thought I'd seek help here. Thanks for referring me to dimensional analysis, but I've been able to cancel units for years: That "cancelling units" is a shorthand form of multiplying by one. ****ing idiot. /BAH Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail. You _are_ a goofus arent't ya(;^? |
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"Terry" wrote in message ... Cut Ignore him. There is always one areshole in a newsgroup and you have just found him/her . Regards. Thanks Terry; will do. |
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