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Anything squared is positive...
That would hold if the negative sign were outside the parenthesis...but it would still be wrong. Plus you must follow the order of operations.
That would hold if the negative sign were outside the parenthesis...but it would still be wrong. Plus you must follow the order of operations.
Here's some serious math. Consider the following:
You will live an average of 77 years, and no more than maybe 120.
The universe will continue without your existence for an eternity.
Eternity = Infinity.
Any real number divided by infinity = 0
Therefore 77/Infinity = 0
Which is to say that I have just given mathematical PROOF that we don't exist at all! Beat that! Boo Ya!
You will live an average of 77 years, and no more than maybe 120.
The universe will continue without your existence for an eternity.
Eternity = Infinity.
Any real number divided by infinity = 0
Therefore 77/Infinity = 0
Which is to say that I have just given mathematical PROOF that we don't exist at all! Beat that! Boo Ya!
Any proof the universe will exist for an eternity?
Anyways, infinity isn't a real number...just a limit to express very large numbers. So if you're going to divide a human life span by the life span of the universe, you SHOULD get a number very close to zero...which would just represent a ratio of how long we live compared to how long the univers has lived.
Kind of like...an ant lives for a day, I live for 77 years. 77 years = 28105 days. 1/28105 = 3.56 x10 ^ -5 ... very close to zero. What this means is that the ant lives 0.0035% the amount of time we do.
Anyways, infinity isn't a real number...just a limit to express very large numbers. So if you're going to divide a human life span by the life span of the universe, you SHOULD get a number very close to zero...which would just represent a ratio of how long we live compared to how long the univers has lived.
Kind of like...an ant lives for a day, I live for 77 years. 77 years = 28105 days. 1/28105 = 3.56 x10 ^ -5 ... very close to zero. What this means is that the ant lives 0.0035% the amount of time we do.
SupraDerk said:
ha, tell that to a "kid" I had in class last year. I swear EVERY equation the professor put on the board "ummm, well, what happens when you raise the whole equation to infinity?" ... shut up fat ass, there's no such thing and even if there was why would you care???? I swear everyone in the class would automatically groan when we saw him raise his hand. And I had 4 amazing classes with him.
Damn Derk - good with the math, are we? I never was. Calculus almost got me kicked out of college.
Anyway, as I remember it I have to give you the win. a real number divided by infinity approaches zero, but doesn't equal it. However without mathematical proof that the universe will exist for an eternity, if it goes for another assumed 5 billion years that it has been in existence, then time will have run for 10 billion years and our existence will be worth a whopping 1x10^-7 % of the universe's existence. Damn close to zero!
Anyway, as I remember it I have to give you the win. a real number divided by infinity approaches zero, but doesn't equal it. However without mathematical proof that the universe will exist for an eternity, if it goes for another assumed 5 billion years that it has been in existence, then time will have run for 10 billion years and our existence will be worth a whopping 1x10^-7 % of the universe's existence. Damn close to zero!
meggs521 said:
Yes, but if you raise 4 classes by 1/Infinity, then you will have spent virtually no time in class with him at all! Isn't my theory beautiful? :biglaugh:
Have you guys been to any star trek or star wars conventions lately? Those are so cool! The whole band camp is going!
meggs521 said:
LOL! Yeah, I've had plenty of those types in my class. It's like "SHUT THE HELL UP!!! I'm not paying to listen to you babble on about crap that doesn't matter!!!"
LouKY said:
haha! Surprising enough, me too. In Calc 1 I refused to buy the book, failed every quiz and never did homework. C- ...need a C- or better to move on
Calc 2, same story as Calc 1, ended up with a D+
Calc 2 round 2, bought the book, never did the homework, failed every quiz, but passed my tests, C
Calc 3, wised up a bit and actually went back and read the stuff for Calc 1 and Calc 2, and then owned in Calc 3, B
Engineering Math 1 (differential equations at some schools)...completely owned the class, never even opened the book, haha
Engineering Math 2 (advanced differential equations) ...Stuff was a little more out there, but I actually wanted to learn it...sadly got a B
But now Calc and circuit analysis is pretty much my life day in and day out.
So here's my calc history:
Calc 1 - 1st attempt: F
Calc 1 - 2nd attempt: B
Calc 2 - 1st attempt: F (cumulative GPA this trimester? 1.27)
Calc 2 - 2nd attempt: F
Calc 2 - 3rd attempt: C
Calc 3 - 1st attempt: D equals done!
Switch the hell out of engineering! Who knew calculus was all they do?
Now statistics? That I can do, and there's a 100% certainty that I will be tired if I don't get to bed pretty quick.
Calc 1 - 1st attempt: F
Calc 1 - 2nd attempt: B
Calc 2 - 1st attempt: F (cumulative GPA this trimester? 1.27)
Calc 2 - 2nd attempt: F
Calc 2 - 3rd attempt: C
Calc 3 - 1st attempt: D equals done!
Switch the hell out of engineering! Who knew calculus was all they do?
Now statistics? That I can do, and there's a 100% certainty that I will be tired if I don't get to bed pretty quick.
Hahah, yeah...I was shocked too, every semester I'm like, "what the hell?! When are we gonna engineer something?!!? *looks at list of classes for the following semester*...DAMMIT!! more calculus!?!?"
^Oh yeah. I can't remember the last time I've actually had to write a paper...hell write anything more than maybe a few sentences.
Haha, but a funny story. I took a class called Micro Based System Design, and at the very end we started talking about Moore's Law and how transistors will eventually need to be replaced. We were SUPPOSED to write a one page paper on what we think the future of computers will be...and the teacher was like "I don't want to put anyone through that and I don't want to read any of it...so you all get A's."
Haha, but a funny story. I took a class called Micro Based System Design, and at the very end we started talking about Moore's Law and how transistors will eventually need to be replaced. We were SUPPOSED to write a one page paper on what we think the future of computers will be...and the teacher was like "I don't want to put anyone through that and I don't want to read any of it...so you all get A's."
