why math is taught
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why math is taught
Did you ever wonder why Math is Taught in School?
> (Written By A Very Wise Man)
>
> I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver cut
> right in front of a pickup truck, causing him to have to drive onto
> the shoulder to avoid hitting her.
>
> This evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his
> window and made a nasty sign with his fingers at the woman.
>
> "Man, that guy is stupid," I thought to myself. I always smile nicely
> and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to me in
> traffic and here's why:
>
> I drive 48 miles each way every day to work.
>
> That's 96 miles each day.
>
> Of these, 16 miles each way is bumper-to-bumper.
>
> Most of the bumper-to-bumper is on an 8 lane highway.
>
> There are 7 cars every 40 feet for 32 miles.
>
> That works out to be 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.
>
> Even though the rest of the 32 miles is not bumper-to-bumper, I figure
> I pass at least another 4000 cars.
>
> That brings the number to something like 36,000 cars that I pass every
> day.
>
> Statistically, females drive half of these. That's 18,000 women
> drivers!
>
> In any given group of females, 1 in 28 has P. M. S . That's 642.
>
> According to Cosmopolitan, 70% describe their love life as
> dissatisfying or unrewarding. That's 449.
>
> According to the National Institutes of Health, 22% of all females
> have seriously considered suicide or homicide. That's 98.
>
> And 34% describe men as their biggest problem. That's 33.
>
> According to the National Rifle Association, 5% of all females carry
> weapons, and this number is increasing.
>
> That means that Every Single Day, I drive past at least one female
> that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her biggest problem, has
> seriously considered suicide or homicide, has P.M.S., and is armed.
>
> Flip one off? ... I think not
> (Written By A Very Wise Man)
>
> I was riding to work yesterday when I observed a female driver cut
> right in front of a pickup truck, causing him to have to drive onto
> the shoulder to avoid hitting her.
>
> This evidently angered the driver enough that he hung his arm out his
> window and made a nasty sign with his fingers at the woman.
>
> "Man, that guy is stupid," I thought to myself. I always smile nicely
> and wave in a sheepish manner whenever a female does anything to me in
> traffic and here's why:
>
> I drive 48 miles each way every day to work.
>
> That's 96 miles each day.
>
> Of these, 16 miles each way is bumper-to-bumper.
>
> Most of the bumper-to-bumper is on an 8 lane highway.
>
> There are 7 cars every 40 feet for 32 miles.
>
> That works out to be 982 cars every mile, or 31,424 cars.
>
> Even though the rest of the 32 miles is not bumper-to-bumper, I figure
> I pass at least another 4000 cars.
>
> That brings the number to something like 36,000 cars that I pass every
> day.
>
> Statistically, females drive half of these. That's 18,000 women
> drivers!
>
> In any given group of females, 1 in 28 has P. M. S . That's 642.
>
> According to Cosmopolitan, 70% describe their love life as
> dissatisfying or unrewarding. That's 449.
>
> According to the National Institutes of Health, 22% of all females
> have seriously considered suicide or homicide. That's 98.
>
> And 34% describe men as their biggest problem. That's 33.
>
> According to the National Rifle Association, 5% of all females carry
> weapons, and this number is increasing.
>
> That means that Every Single Day, I drive past at least one female
> that has a lousy love life, thinks men are her biggest problem, has
> seriously considered suicide or homicide, has P.M.S., and is armed.
>
> Flip one off? ... I think not
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I know, I know when you have to analyze a joke it is not funy anymore. But this IS a funy one.
So what is wrong with it?
Under the conditions presented one would only pass that many cars if they all stood still or if one drove on the shoulder. Otherwise you'd be traveling along with prety much the same group for the 16 mile strech. Time to take out the calculator and refigure those odds...
So what is wrong with it?
Under the conditions presented one would only pass that many cars if they all stood still or if one drove on the shoulder. Otherwise you'd be traveling along with prety much the same group for the 16 mile strech. Time to take out the calculator and refigure those odds...
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From: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Originally Posted by MCMLV
I know, I know when you have to analyze a joke it is not funy anymore. But this IS a funy one.
So what is wrong with it?
Under the conditions presented one would only pass that many cars if they all stood still or if one drove on the shoulder. Otherwise you'd be traveling along with prety much the same group for the 16 mile strech. Time to take out the calculator and refigure those odds...
So what is wrong with it?
Under the conditions presented one would only pass that many cars if they all stood still or if one drove on the shoulder. Otherwise you'd be traveling along with prety much the same group for the 16 mile strech. Time to take out the calculator and refigure those odds...
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