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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A physicist or engineer would look at the word problem and quickly throw up a table with a row for a (afternoon) , m(morning) and t (total) on a white board.  The diagram would make it obvious to subtract 64 from 188 and then divide in 2. They would probably do this in their head and then off to the side throw up 64+62 and circle the answer. There would be no words used. Math has a purpose and relationships can be shown visually.

A mathematician or chemist would do 2X +64 =188. They would probably also do the rest of the calculation in their heads. Math is an abstraction and the simplest form necessary is always sought.

A business/finance person might try drawing a table similar to the physicist or engineer but would have far more labels, columns and rows and spend too much time playing around with the Excel formulas. It would look pretty in the end when the finance person applies color to their chart. Math shows a bottom line but you still have to sell it.

A lawyer, public policy, or history major would do the wandering talk it out approach that the poster who does math in words shared with everyone. Never really understood math but can reason and wander my way through it if required.

An education major would get the problem wrong. Enough said. [/quote]

+10000 !!![/quote]

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