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unfortunately I know

 

I, however, wouldn't know. I am HORRIBLE at math. If it wasn't for my fingers and calculators, I would barely even be able to add!

 

What happens if you have to count to 11?

 

She uses her nose.

 

guess youll have trouble footing the bill for the wedding then Ewok

 

I so don't like math...

 

I love math

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great maybe you can help

 

Ahhh! Enjoyable! Useful too. Did you know that the sloped armour on tanks and ships makes use of the properties of the cosine to give better protection?

 

Nope

 

After 10, I use my elbows and knees. After 14 I'm screwed though!

 

Count your eyes and ears and mouth and nose! Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes!

 

I sense a video coming jusik

 

Nope, nort this time.

or...

Your powers are weak young man.

 

my powers have doubled since the last time we met

 

2x0=0 That's math.

 

thats more math then I thought you could do jusik

 

Same here, it was a real stretch for me and then I Googled it to make sure I had that right.

 

Google? Why not pull out your trusty slide rule?

 

That's what Tim and I use

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I used to have one of those many moons ago.

 

Its what we used to get to the moon

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Yep! Take a book, hold it vertically - narrow edge on, slap a rule horizontally against it and note the thickness. Now tilt the top of the book back (without moving the rule at all) and watch the apparent thickness of the book increase. That is an example of what is called "the cosine rule" by armouring designers and balistics buffs. At 30 degrees back from vertical, the thickness through the horizontal plane (the path that a high-velocity projectile would most likely be following) will have doubled!

Calculating 'distances-off by vertical angle' (old-school navigation) is another neat trick; if you know the height of the object you are using for a reference and the angle from your position to the top of it, then you can easily calculate how far you are away from it!

Wiki has some neat 'how-to' guides; but feel free to pick my brains via PM if you need to!


Edit: Slide Rules! What additional fun! Nowadays though, Grand Master, I use a scientific calculator (there's even one built into Windows) or the formulas in Excel!

 

My dad still has one.