VintageGeekGirl

Okay, not really... that was just for Nick.


Yay! I am homewards bound tomorrow! I wanted to discuss some Maths. I am angered on many points mathwise.

Cause of Anger One

The variability of variables. I have gone to American International Schools most of my life and enjoyed a fairly constant notation system in spite of jumping back and forth between years and missing long division. As soon as I returned to Australia however I am told that Pythagorean Theory states that in a triangle

a^2+b^2=H^2

Now what on earth is this? Every good kid knows it should be

a^2+b^2=c^2

This not only sounds better but makes more sense. However next thing you know your teacher is introducing 3D pythag and it becomes

a^2+b^2+c^2=d^2

And now neither starting equation is very elegent! What is going on? Have americans gone even more insane than usual or is there just a differant american way of doing things?
Don't even get me started on Trig.
More anger later
VG
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