From: Dr Sebby (drsebby@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 16:23:39 MST
...considering that what you described would be "x + xy = 40$" where y
could equal zero, it would be quite impossible to determine what the bill
was if the total posting tip was all you had. tipping percentages range
wildly, remember.
DrSebby.
"Courage...and shuffle the cards".
----Original Message Follows----
From: Eva-Lise Carlstrom <evalise@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
To: virus@lucifer.com
Subject: Re: virus: Re:Tower of Brahma
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:05:57 -0800 (PST)
--- Mermaid <hidden@lucifer.com> wrote:
> also...do we really use algebra in our everyday
> lives? really..do we?
Humor writer Erma Bombeck claimed, "In real life,
there is no such thing as algebra."
My mother heartily agreed, until, as the manager of a
restaurant, she needed to be able to figure out the
original bill before tip, when she had the total with
tip. I showed her how, since this is easy with
algebra; I don't know how you'd do it otherwise.
--Eva
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