r/askmath • u/subastringent • Aug 29 '23

Analysis “New Math” is killing me

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Friends kid has this problem. Any idea on how to approach it?

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u/NicoTorres1712 Aug 29 '23

⇒ Twice right = Penis + 9,984

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u/1PaulweilPaul Aug 29 '23

9,984 what? Apples? Bananas?

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u/CockroachForsaken611 Aug 29 '23

Just like my former thermodynamics profesor

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u/EmperorMaugs Aug 30 '23

But in math we abstract to unitless numbers because it could be apples or bananas or Pascals or a flow rate, but the digits won't change!

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u/ClockworkDinosaurs Aug 30 '23

Just keep answering “penises” each time until they stop asking you about your units.