John M. Flanigan <johnf@hawaii.edu> The equation is the final arbiter.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics --Werner Heisenberg
Kapi'olani Community College The scoreboard is the final arbiter.
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On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 FilKambel@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/9/99 9:39:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, johnf@HAWAII.EDU
> writes:
>
> > The original question remains: is there any "real world"
> > (of whichever kind) problem for which that operation is really useful?
>
> debt forgiveness (subtraction of a negative amount)? this works well for me,
> even with jr. high kids, let alone jr. college kids.
>
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