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To: reaganaut1
gotta tell ya, in all my years at work i have needed and used extensively, geometry, trig, statistics and physics, but i have never needed algebra to do any job... lucky me
191 posted on 07/29/2012 8:50:16 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode

so you set the problems up using the principles of “geometry, trig, statistics and physics “ but had someone else or something do the mechanics at arriving at the answer?


200 posted on 07/29/2012 9:05:59 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Chode

How can you understand statistics if you don’t use algebra? Sure, you can plug numbers into formulae but to really understand what you’re doing it seems you’d need at least some basic algebra.


209 posted on 07/29/2012 9:22:09 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Chode

“gotta tell ya, in all my years at work i have needed and used extensively, geometry, trig, statistics and physics, but i have never needed algebra to do any job... lucky me “

It looks like your sarcasm tripped up a couple of people...


232 posted on 07/29/2012 10:00:54 AM PDT by BobL ( It's easy to be a saint when you have nothing on the line)
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