• @[email protected]
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    127 months ago

    Unless the kid is even slightly above average and finds the idea that pi equaling 5 confusing.

    • @[email protected]
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      87 months ago

      …if they’re above average, I think they’ll figure out the explicitly defined variable. I think the instructor is trying to make sure this problem doesn’t require a calculator and figured defining pi as 5 makes it clear that you can treat it as a whole number. 3 would be more accurate and just as easy, but meh idk that this is that great of a blunder.

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        -17 months ago

        You can be a smart kid and not realize that adults are lying.

        I remember the Peas and the Punnett Square. Sure, mendelian genetics explains pea plant colors, but doesn’t explain dog fur colors. Just providing a footnote that more completed genetics exists would have been nice.

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      27 months ago

      Heh nice try but we don’t write textbooks or exams for the outliers.