Once upon a time there was a farmer. One day the farmer’s only horse ran away, and all his neighbors said, “What an unlucky man you are!” But the farmer said, “Maybe yes, maybe no.” The next day the horse returned with a filly following him. All his neighbors said, “Not only did your horse
Solving for ‘X’
There is a sense in which our usual math education misrepresents how math is done in the real world of science and engineering. In high school algebra in particular we ‘solve for x’, and the one-and-only correct answer can be found in the back of the book. In math, “solving for X” like this is
There is a sense in which our usual math education misrepresents how math is done in the real world of science and engineering. In high school algebra in particular we ‘solve for x’, and the one-and-only correct answer can be found in the back of the book. In math, “solving for X” like this is