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$$(a+b)^n$$WWGD said:Homework question:
Expand ##(a+b)^n##
( a +
...b)^n
( a +
b)^n
...
( a +
b)^n
I tried to Tex the joke but it shrinks the spaces. Supposedly the parenthesis just gets wider and a, b get farther appart.
Thank $$"\quad"$$ you. I guess the joke is ruined.DrGreg said:$$(a+b)^n$$
$$(a \quad + \quad b)^n$$
$$(a \quad \quad + \quad \quad b)^n$$
You can use "\," "\;" "\quad" to get spaces of different sizes.
WWGD said:Expand (a+b)n
... and they said quintics weren't solvable ...DrGreg said:Q: How do you get a solution of a quadratic equation?
A: Pour acid over it.
DrGreg said:Q: How do you get a solution of a quadratic equation?
A: Pour acid over it.
WWGD said:And my 1st world gripe: ATM, not ATM machine.
Yes, I remember feeling attracted to this woman working in a bank when she made reference in our conversation to the PIN -- not PIN number.George Jones said:And never give anyone the PIN number for your ATM machine card.
George Jones said:And never give anyone the PIN number for your ATM machine card.
Karl and Erwin.GiriBang said:What's the name of Max Planck's son?
P stands for plaisir, not please.Vanadium 50 said:Oh, and please RSVP.
GiriBang said:What's the name of Max Planck's son?
Wrong! It's Quantum Physics!fresh_42 said:Karl and Erwin.
SVP= S'Il Vous Plait.fresh_42 said:P stands for plaisir, not please.
And plait comes from plaisir. "If it pleases you." What a pity that English degenerated it from "if it pleases you" to "please". In any case, "il plait" isn't please, although they once might have been of the same origin.WWGD said:SVP= S'Il Vous Plait.
But "s'il vous plaît" means please, RSVP is literally "answer, please."fresh_42 said:And plait comes from plaisir. "If it pleases you." What a pity that English degenerated it from "if it pleases you" to "please". In any case, "il plait" isn't please, although they once might have been of the same origin.
My point is that no francophone reads "s'il vous plaît" as the literal combination "if it pleases you," but as please.fresh_42 said:If it pleases you and please have two different meanings. Apart from that it is a different language.
That's futile, it will just evolve into science jokes.DrClaude said:Moderator's note: I have moved the interesting discussion of French expressions to
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/french-expressions.988527/
Yes, but they'll be in French, so ... eh.Keith_McClary said:That's futile, it will just evolve into science jokes.
Use the same method on a 3-4-5 triangle to prove that ##3 + 4 = 5##.Demystifier said:
You have to show both directions of the proof!Demystifier said: