Servais (il/le) to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 4 months agoWhat is the most useless thing you still have memorized?message-square129fedilinkarrow-up160
arrow-up160message-squareWhat is the most useless thing you still have memorized?Servais (il/le) to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-square@amoistgrandpa@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-24 months agoX equals negative B Plus or minus the square root Of B squared minus 4AC All over 2A Sang to the tune of pop goes the weasel. I haven’t done pre-calc in like 10 years, but this song still lives rent free in my head.
minus-square@WR5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoI learned similarly but to the tune of the Flintstones theme. “Neg B / Plus or minus / Square root of b squared minus 4AC / It’s all / Over 2A / That’s the quadratic formul-ee” (to rhyme with 4AC).
minus-square@radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoYou can also do it to the chorus of Rollin’ in the Deep. I teach both to my Algebra students.
X equals negative B
Plus or minus the square root
Of B squared minus 4AC
All over 2A
Sang to the tune of pop goes the weasel.
I haven’t done pre-calc in like 10 years, but this song still lives rent free in my head.
I learned similarly but to the tune of the Flintstones theme.
“Neg B / Plus or minus / Square root of b squared minus 4AC / It’s all / Over 2A / That’s the quadratic formul-ee” (to rhyme with 4AC).
You can also do it to the chorus of Rollin’ in the Deep. I teach both to my Algebra students.