The Equation
They gave me an equation,
x equals span times tan A,
divided by tan c plus tan A,
and I was happy with that.
It was simple and elegant -
answered the question perfectly.
But my teacher said:
turn both sides into a fraction,
cross multiply them, or
multiply them out to a single figure.
The figures will be different,
but so long as you do the same
to both sides, the equation
remains the same.
And there I was - back
in my muddle puddle
smiling my blank smile.
x equals span times tan A,
divided by tan c plus tan A,
and I was happy with that.
It was simple and elegant -
answered the question perfectly.
But my teacher said:
turn both sides into a fraction,
cross multiply them, or
multiply them out to a single figure.
The figures will be different,
but so long as you do the same
to both sides, the equation
remains the same.
And there I was - back
in my muddle puddle
smiling my blank smile.
posted by burning moon at 2:46 PM
2 Comments:
Maths should be banned, simple as that, I have no concept of it though so perhaps I am bias *grins*
mud puddles are far more fun :)
quite right on both counts :)
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