math thread

[The artist formally known]

(4-2)² oh god

16-8-8+4
4

[Nyerp]

16-8-8+4
4

lol you didn't need to FOIL caterpie;

[The artist formally known]

lol you didn't need to FOIL caterpie;

not in alergebra i forgot all the short tricks

[Nyerp]

not in alergebra i forgot all the short tricks

no tricks :\

(4-2)²

PEMDAS

4-2=2

(2)²=4

silly fart

[The artist formally known]

"Two tracking stations 525 m apart measure the angles of elevation of a weather balloon to be 73.5 degrees and 54.2 degrees.  How high is the balloon at the time of measurement?"


this was a extra credit problem i got right on my test 


it took up a whole page of work but i got it right 

copy pasted the actual problem, enjoy.

[The artist formally known]

no tricks :\

(4-2)²

PEMDAS

4-2=2

(2)²=4

silly fart

oh, im used to it having a unknown or "cosine" and all that annoying stuff in there. lol

[Nyerp]

oh, im used to it having a unknown or "cosine" and all that annoying stuff in there. lol

Cosine = Opposite/Hypotenuse

[strongbad]

ex equals negative bee plus or minus the square rewt of bee squared minus four aaa see all over two a

i feel stupid being in geometry.

[Nyerp]

ex equals negative bee plus or minus the square rewt of bee squared minus four aaa see all over two a

i feel stupid being in geometry.

Is that the quadratic formula?

That's algebra.