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Old 01-14-2009, 11:07 AM   #2645
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wonderful science, mathematics


from some of my wife's students ....

3x - x = 3
x^3 - x = x^2;

some of them don't even know fractions ........ at 15 years of age ....

mind you I've known at least one english language graduate who couldn't file in alphabetical order ....
I'm atrocious at pretty much all math, except for figuring out tips. I'm good at that.
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