To: marktwain
"It always struck me as bizarre that so many newly wealthy celebrities cannot figure out the simple calculus of setting aside 15% of their income in stable investments, in case things go bad."
Calculus? Heck, that's not much more than advanced arithmatic.
6 posted on
02/01/2017 5:27:23 AM PST by
BlueLancer
("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
To: BlueLancer
Calculus? Heck, that’s not much more than advanced arithmatic.
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The fancy term for arithmetic is number theory.
43 posted on
02/01/2017 6:37:46 AM PST by
Moonman62
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To: BlueLancer
Calculus
Definition 2.
a particular method or system of calculation or reasoning.
You are correct though, it is just advanced arithmetic. I discovered it when I was eight (compound interest).
47 posted on
02/01/2017 6:54:58 AM PST by
marktwain
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