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Re: Defining the derivative
Posted:
Jun 9, 2000 5:01 PM
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Judy Holdener wrote:
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> Leonard Thomas wrote:
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> > 100% of course, EVERYBODY, it is the law. For me, on job
> > applications where they ask "Did you graduate high school", it is
> > ridiculous. EVERYONE graduates high school in my country.
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> This is amazing. How do you get those folks with mental handicaps
> (e.g., Down Syndrome) proving theorems?
>
Guess who is a real mathematicin here (*chuckle* ;-), but really,
if far less than 1% of the population doesn't go to HS, would we still
say that 100% graduates? When we say 100% is 100 an exact number or an
approximation rounded to an integer?
--Michael
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