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If you've ever been confused by a math problem, you belong here! Ask for help, or just discuss your confusion! Starting this thread because I stared at a problem for around ten minutes before I remembered that the Pythagorean Theorem existed. I felt very silly.

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12 minutes ago, Shallan Stormblessed said:

If you've ever been confused by a math problem, you belong here! Ask for help, or just discuss your confusion! Starting this thread because I stared at a problem for around ten minutes before I remembered that the Pythagorean Theorem existed. I felt very silly.

feel that :P Stupid forgetfulness. I can also try to help, but I'm only in 10th grade math.

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Ill do what I can to help. Im an engineer who is 20 years past my college courses so I might have literally forgotten more math than most people ever get exposed to. We'll have to see how much is left...

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Oh, also I use calculators for very basic math. And forget how to add fractions and whole numbers. I really need a refresher on fractions...

(yes, that was really long ago. I still know... sort of...)

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1 hour ago, S. Stormy said:

Oh, also I use calculators for very basic math. And forget how to add fractions and whole numbers. I really need a refresher on fractions...

(yes, that was really long ago. I still know... sort of...)

absolutely. that's what calculators are for! being lazy! IMPROPER FRACTIONS!! 

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Oh I can help a little with this! 

5 hours ago, Being of Cacophony said:

absolutely. that's what calculators are for! being lazy! IMPROPER FRACTIONS!! 

As a person who did calculus by hand for like an hour for physics then asked WolframAlpha what 2/3-1/4 was..... I AGREE WHOLEHEARTELDY

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1 hour ago, Cash67 said:

Oh I can help a little with this! 

As a person who did calculus by hand for like an hour for physics then asked WolframAlpha what 2/3-1/4 was..... I AGREE WHOLEHEARTELDY

2/3-1/4????

*shudders*

OH, THE HORROR!!!!

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On 5/7/2023 at 7:16 PM, NerdyAarakocra said:

5/12

thank you

7 hours ago, TheAlpha929 said:

I’m about to be a nerd who can’t take a joke

But y’all are kidding about that being hard right?

mostly. but some fractions get really scary.

(-b+- sqrt(b^2-4ac))/2a

things are scary.

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6 hours ago, TheAlpha929 said:

hehe nope! What is it ?

2 hours ago, The cheeseman said:

It's called the quadratic formula. It is used for finding the X values of a second degree polynomial when said polynomial cannot be factored.

Cheeseman is right, and it's also incredibly annoying :P 

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9 hours ago, Being of Cacophony said:

I might have done that. when does one learn that?

End of Algebra when you first hear of it, it enters frequent use in some units near the end of Geometry, but disappears around the end of Precal

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