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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Got an A level in Maths, though I can't remember much of the complicated stuff so find myself having to look stuff up to refresh the old grey cells now and again.
What's your problem? |
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"I don't like it but 1 devided by 0 = 1 according to Wilson by infinite  "
Lol.
Why does that even exist? When are you going to divide something by nothing...literally you are doing nothing by dividing by nothing. Same a with times zero as well, you had nothing to start off with and are trying to multiply that. |
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Just a general question. Watch a documentary on channel 4 last month and it was basically saying how sociably acceptable it is to be crap at maths.
Like if you was out in public and said I can't read you'd get a few funny looks but it's ok to not be able to do maths.
I'd honestly say maths was my worst subject at school I found it the hardest. But it always felt ok to not get on with maths.
Now I'm a physics student and I love maths usually always get a definitive answer. |
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"Just a general question. Watch a documentary on channel 4 last month and it was basically saying how sociably acceptable it is to be crap at maths.
Like if you was out in public and said I can't read you'd get a few funny looks but it's ok to not be able to do maths.
I'd honestly say maths was my worst subject at school I found it the hardest. But it always felt ok to not get on with maths.
Now I'm a physics student and I love maths usually always get a definitive answer. "
Ah, Physics.
Reminds me, I have a question for Professor Brian Cox |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don't like it but 1 devided by 0 = 1 according to Wilson by infinite
Lol.
Why does that even exist? When are you going to divide something by nothing...literally you are doing nothing by dividing by nothing. Same a with times zero as well, you had nothing to start off with and are trying to multiply that."
Ur right there as 0 means nothing and yes doesn't matter if its 1 or 0 that stands first, good explanation there  |
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"I don't like it but 1 devided by 0 = 1 according to Wilson by infinite
Lol.
Why does that even exist? When are you going to divide something by nothing...literally you are doing nothing by dividing by nothing. Same a with times zero as well, you had nothing to start off with and are trying to multiply that."
It's just a discussion that's been around for years. The short of it is that you can add 0, minus 0, multiply by 0 but can't divide by 0.
Some computer programs make it 1 (some can't do the function at all), some mathematicians say it's 0 and Euler said it was infinity. The point of talking about it is progression - mathematics has made the impossible possible in the past. |
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"I don't like it but 1 devided by 0 = 1 according to Wilson by infinite
Lol.
Why does that even exist? When are you going to divide something by nothing...literally you are doing nothing by dividing by nothing. Same a with times zero as well, you had nothing to start off with and are trying to multiply that.
It's just a discussion that's been around for years. The short of it is that you can add 0, minus 0, multiply by 0 but can't divide by 0.
Some computer programs make it 1 (some can't do the function at all), some mathematicians say it's 0 and Euler said it was infinity. The point of talking about it is progression - mathematics has made the impossible possible in the past. "
Now ! Don't get me on the differing size infinity debate , infinity is one size and that is infinite , the argument is finite x |
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"I don't like it but 1 devided by 0 = 1 according to Wilson by infinite
Lol.
Why does that even exist? When are you going to divide something by nothing...literally you are doing nothing by dividing by nothing. Same a with times zero as well, you had nothing to start off with and are trying to multiply that.
It's just a discussion that's been around for years. The short of it is that you can add 0, minus 0, multiply by 0 but can't divide by 0.
Some computer programs make it 1 (some can't do the function at all), some mathematicians say it's 0 and Euler said it was infinity. The point of talking about it is progression - mathematics has made the impossible possible in the past. "
Thanks, most of that (the maths) went completely over my head but thanks anyway (the programming bit i got coz i have studied some programs).
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
I like ladies figures 36 24 36 
The other important equation I know is used by some men e=mc2
Where
e = endowment claimed size 
m = measured actual 
c = constant multiplier 2 |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Just a general question. Watch a documentary on channel 4 last month and it was basically saying how sociably acceptable it is to be crap at maths.
Like if you was out in public and said I can't read you'd get a few funny looks but it's ok to not be able to do maths.
I'd honestly say maths was my worst subject at school I found it the hardest. But it always felt ok to not get on with maths.
Now I'm a physics student and I love maths usually always get a definitive answer. "
Back in 2001 there was statistic that 50% of UK adults didn't know what 50% means.
I'm rubbish but fascinated by maths. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm a bit of a wannabe maths geek. My mental arithmetic is crap but I loved maths at school and did a maths a level.....I do enjoy solving a mathematical problem....jeez.....I need a life! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Bizarrely I used to have a recurring nightmare that I had a calculus A-level exam coming up and I hadn't revised at all for it ... they used to be so real too, must have woke up in a sweat with that dream about 20 times.
I haven't used either calculus or trigonometry since I left University - I would need a bit of a refresher before sitting any exams on either right now! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Lol; there are some fantastic takes on this post!
I'm ok with maths; I'm sitting calculating things to do with structural integrity as we speak, but there are certainly some areas I admit I could be stronger (differential equations being one of my least favourite problems). |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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i have a degree in business with statistics....
funny thing is that I as really good at pure maths with statistics.... but absolutely useless at applied maths and physics....... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just a general question. Watch a documentary on channel 4 last month and it was basically saying how sociably acceptable it is to be crap at maths.
Like if you was out in public and said I can't read you'd get a few funny looks but it's ok to not be able to do maths.
I'd honestly say maths was my worst subject at school I found it the hardest. But it always felt ok to not get on with maths.
Now I'm a physics student and I love maths usually always get a definitive answer.
Ah, Physics.
Reminds me, I have a question for Professor Brian Cox"
He's my nephew's astrophysics professor. Things can only get better... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm reading this with great enthusiasm.... But please people...
It's math."
Argh!!! No. So American! I haven't checked your profile, are you American?
'You do the Math' is one of those phrases that really inexplicably gets my nerves right on edge ha! Much more than it really should! |
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"I'm reading this with great enthusiasm.... But please people...
It's math.
Argh!!! No. So American! I haven't checked your profile, are you American?
'You do the Math' is one of those phrases that really inexplicably gets my nerves right on edge ha! Much more than it really should! "
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Ha you've obviously never seem my math.... |
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I didn't do so well at maths in secondary school but when it came to doing an HNC and I was in my mid 20's the logical part of my brain must have developed and I did very well at the calculus and numerical stuff. Differentiation was a tad tricky and to be honest I'd be stuffed if I was asked to do any today. I can't even remember the formula for quadratic equations.
The most I do these days are a little trig for work but I have a nifty excel file to help with that and the rest is basic formulae stuff in excel now and then. I feel my education in it was wasted.
Do I get bonus points for knowing how to complete a rubiks cube? Sad to say I've forgotten how to do that little party trick too (done without removing the stickers ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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2 mathematicians walk into a bar.
The first one orders a pint and the second one orders a half and then a quarter and then an eighth the bar man then stops gives them 2 pints and says...
You mathematicians you never know your limits.
Boom boom |
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By (user no longer on site)
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More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?
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By (user no longer on site)
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Not passionate about Maths. In fact got sick of it having to learn how to derive Fourier and La Place transforms from first principles for my degree. However I'm a big fan of applied statistics these days
By the way....what's the difference between a statistician and accountant?.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just a general question. Watch a documentary on channel 4 last month and it was basically saying how sociably acceptable it is to be crap at maths.
Like if you was out in public and said I can't read you'd get a few funny looks but it's ok to not be able to do maths.
I'd honestly say maths was my worst subject at school I found it the hardest. But it always felt ok to not get on with maths.
Now I'm a physics student and I love maths usually always get a definitive answer.
Back in 2001 there was statistic that 50% of UK adults didn't know what 50% means.
I'm rubbish but fascinated by maths."
My favourite newspaper headline was Half of all children are below average!!
Well fuck my old brown boots Don't you just love the tabloids  |
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"Not passionate about Maths. In fact got sick of it having to learn how to derive Fourier and La Place transforms from first principles for my degree. However I'm a big fan of applied statistics these days
By the way....what's the difference between a statistician and accountant?...."
Both good with numbers but a statistician doesn't have the charisma to be an accountant |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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Back in 2001 there was statistic that 50% of UK adults didn't know what 50% means.
I'm rubbish but fascinated by maths.
My favourite newspaper headline was Half of all children are below average!!
Well fuck my old brown boots Don't you just love the tabloids "
I wonder if the other half were above average? |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about "
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Back in 2001 there was statistic that 50% of UK adults didn't know what 50% means.
I'm rubbish but fascinated by maths.
My favourite newspaper headline was Half of all children are below average!!
Well fuck my old brown boots Don't you just love the tabloids
it doesn't take a brick wall to fall on you, does it?
I wonder if the other half were above average? "
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By (user no longer on site)
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Enjoyed maths at school,, was predicted a D but went on to pull a B grade, was so thrilled
Ive gotten lazy though and use a calculator as much as i can though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
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..ooo good call although I suspect you may boil the water out of it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
..ooo good call although I suspect you may boil the water out of it "
What is left after the water is gone? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Was always told it was my weak area at school and I hated it as a result. When I was 30 set my sights on a science degree and needed to retake it to improve the grade, which I did and found I really enjoyed it.
Too many people get negative ideas about a subject from a dismissive teacher or are told they're not good at something which taints them for life. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Back in 2001 there was statistic that 50% of UK adults didn't know what 50% means.
I'm rubbish but fascinated by maths.
My favourite newspaper headline was Half of all children are below average!!
Well fuck my old brown boots Don't you just love the tabloids
I wonder if the other half were above average? "
But average doesn't necessarily mean the median value. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Was always told it was my weak area at school and I hated it as a result. When I was 30 set my sights on a science degree and needed to retake it to improve the grade, which I did and found I really enjoyed it.
Too many people get negative ideas about a subject from a dismissive teacher or are told they're not good at something which taints them for life. "
I was always good at Maths and Physics at school, but never carried it on... now I have re-found my love for those subjects and onwards towards a degree |
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?.
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
..ooo good call although I suspect you may boil the water out of it
What is left after the water is gone?"
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A horrible taste |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Back in 2001 there was statistic that 50% of UK adults didn't know what 50% means.
I'm rubbish but fascinated by maths.
My favourite newspaper headline was Half of all children are below average!!
Well fuck my old brown boots Don't you just love the tabloids
I wonder if the other half were above average?
But average doesn't necessarily mean the median value. "
The median is the middle value in a ranked list. I think you mean the mean. And if that's what you meant you would have a valid observation. My comment still stands as the assumption underneath the headline is that it is a problem for half the kids to be below average. In all likelihood the statistic they were using was the mean (rather than median or mode) and the journalist was simply representing an amusing assumption and common misconception. |
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"Or is there anybody here that considers them self to be really good at maths?"
. Depends on how you define good . Got a good grade at school. Becoming a bit rusty now that everything is calculated on a LSP top
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Back in 2001 there was statistic that 50% of UK adults didn't know what 50% means.
I'm rubbish but fascinated by maths.
My favourite newspaper headline was Half of all children are below average!!
Well fuck my old brown boots Don't you just love the tabloids
I wonder if the other half were above average?
But average doesn't necessarily mean the median value. The median is the middle value in a ranked list. I think you mean the mean. And if that's what you meant you would have a valid observation. My comment still stands as the assumption underneath the headline is that it is a problem for half the kids to be below average. In all likelihood the statistic they were using was the mean (rather than median or mode) and the journalist was simply representing an amusing assumption and common misconception. "
There's too many means for this time on a Friday night. We need more words! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?.
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
..ooo good call although I suspect you may boil the water out of it
What is left after the water is gone?.
A horrible taste "
come on op what's the answers.... And where's my prize |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Amazed by the subject...much is beyond my understanding, though I'm currently trying to resume the journey I ended many years ago..
The way complex equations are simplified - I find as beautiful as I'd find a piece of art...
Somebody asked about the point of dividing by zero.... I suspect the concept was derived out of necessity...to solve a particular problem...or refine a solution.
Wish I'd focused on it much more. Playing catch up now. |
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?.
.
You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
..ooo good call although I suspect you may boil the water out of it
What is left after the water is gone?.
A horrible taste "
Well the Answer to no 1. yes your right real Steam Is quite Invisible, as may be observed from watching a boiling Kettle, for a short space beyond
The kettles spout nothing can be seen ,then the clouds of water drops begin.
no.2 yes your right again absolutely Pure water Is composed of these two elements but water Is never found absolutely pure In nature because of Its great capacity to dissolve matter.
no.3 well the cabbage Is over 90% by Weight water melon contain as much as 98% water well done everyone. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?.
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
..ooo good call although I suspect you may boil the water out of it
What is left after the water is gone?.
A horrible taste Well the Answer to no 1. yes your right real Steam Is quite Invisible, as may be observed from watching a boiling Kettle, for a short space beyond
The kettles spout nothing can be seen ,then the clouds of water drops begin.
no.2 yes your right again absolutely Pure water Is composed of these two elements but water Is never found absolutely pure In nature because of Its great capacity to dissolve matter.
no.3 well the cabbage Is over 90% by Weight water melon contain as much as 98% water well done everyone. "
...Yaaaaaaaaaay...
Where's my partner I can feel a high five chest bump coming on  |
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"More science than maths but would Anyone
Know and these are the questions-:
Can we see steam?
What Is water made of?
how much water Is there In a cabbage?.
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You can't see anything, all you see is the light spectrum reflecting off it, some elements absorb parts of the spectrum, allowing you to see the remaining spectrum (colour) reflecting off it.
Water 99.9% of the time is made from 2 elements of hydrogen and one element of oxygen linked together although occasionally you come across isotopes deuterium.
Cabbage I'm not sure about
The cabbage has to be 99% ..... after it has been boiled to death.
..ooo good call although I suspect you may boil the water out of it
What is left after the water is gone?.
A horrible taste Well the Answer to no 1. yes your right real Steam Is quite Invisible, as may be observed from watching a boiling Kettle, for a short space beyond
The kettles spout nothing can be seen ,then the clouds of water drops begin.
no.2 yes your right again absolutely Pure water Is composed of these two elements but water Is never found absolutely pure In nature because of Its great capacity to dissolve matter.
no.3 well the cabbage Is over 90% by Weight water melon contain as much as 98% water well done everyone. ...Yaaaaaaaaaay...
Where's my partner I can feel a high five chest bump coming on "
hahaha good on yer chief well done. |
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"I am shit at maths. I got unclassified twice in my maths o level. I can't even understand my 9 year old maths homework.
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im pretty good at maths and did the electronics coarse to boot but the 13-16 year old maths nowadays drives me nuts so i wouldnt advise trying the new maths
they got sent round to mine often as they knew i was good with it and even i had to look it up on net just to understand the new way so i could help them with there homework |
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"Square root of a negative number, anyone?
Imaginary numbers are GCSE maths!"
Yup. But since there was some discussion on the merits of 'zero' as an abstract qualifier of nothing, I figured let's throw in a little j notation. |
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When I was doing research, it drove me nuts that everyone else in the lab knew sod all about stats.
No you cannot do a Chi Square test on everything and anything. Is your data non-parametric? Well, is it??? *headdesk*
They didn't even understand what a standard deviation is or how to calculate it.
And these people were publishing research papers! Drove me bloody nuts.
And I failed my maths A level so goodness knows what they got up to!
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"When I was doing research, it drove me nuts that everyone else in the lab knew sod all about stats.
No you cannot do a Chi Square test on everything and anything. Is your data non-parametric? Well, is it??? *headdesk*
They didn't even understand what a standard deviation is or how to calculate it.
And these people were publishing research papers! Drove me bloody nuts.
And I failed my maths A level so goodness knows what they got up to!
(and breathe)"
they went to work at rbs on the probability of some crap they were selling going tits up! |
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"When I was doing research, it drove me nuts that everyone else in the lab knew sod all about stats.
No you cannot do a Chi Square test on everything and anything. Is your data non-parametric? Well, is it??? *headdesk*
They didn't even understand what a standard deviation is or how to calculate it.
And these people were publishing research papers! Drove me bloody nuts.
And I failed my maths A level so goodness knows what they got up to!
(and breathe)"
I feel your pain |
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If anyone might be Interested In the Following questions-:
no 1. what Is the basis of the metric System?
no 2. why does a stream look shallower
Than It Is?
no 3. how far away Is the horizon? |
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The metric system had something to do with the French revolution I remember that much.
I think the water would prism the light bending the focal depth!
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no1 yes your right the metric system had
Its birth during the french revolution,I won,t go into the rest as your haveing a Tipple I,ve run out of booze myself..
dam till tommorow anyway.
no.2 yes your right the water does prism
The light bending the focal depth.
no.3 how faraway Is the horizon
answer.. to find the distance In miles Multiply the height of the observer ( Or the height of the point the observation Is made) |
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"Ohhh yeah horizon lol.
Well that would depend on how tall you are and whether it's raining .
I think as a rough guide is somewhere about 5 miles ."
yes thats good enough for me at a height of 10ft the Horizon Is 3.9 miles, at 20ft It Is 5.5 Miles at 50 feet 8.7 miles, this Is Assuming that the ground Is flat. |
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0 May mean nothing, but it means a hell of a lot when correctly placed.
Was excellent at high level math but not really practiced it for years so quite rusty these days. |
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Okay, now this just isn't fair.
It is bad enough reading forums and struggling to resist the urge to correct grammar; but this is unexpected: I never thought I would be trying to suppress the urge to explain why the maths in this thread is wrong!
Come on people! Please just stick to bad English; not bad maths |
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"Okay, now this just isn't fair.
It is bad enough reading forums and struggling to resist the urge to correct grammar; but this is unexpected: I never thought I would be trying to suppress the urge to explain why the maths in this thread is wrong!
Come on people! Please just stick to bad English; not bad maths"
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"Or is there anybody here that considers them self to be really good at maths?"
I love numbers x cos they are everywhere x did gcse maths bout 5 yrs ago x not brilliant but I enjoy it x
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I got a round of applause once in a fabric shop for calculating the length of ribbon needed to go round a circular xmas cake in my head
My students in my IT class thought I was a genius for converting between celcius and kelvin quicker than they could enter the numbers on some online converter
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"I liked maths...
Still remenber...my poem for sine ..cosine and tan
Old houses.
Always have
Old approaches
O/h. A/h. O/a"
thanks x will use this when we get to it x  |
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