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From: "Sudhir Desai" <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:24 PM
Subject: Teaching Math (F) (i got this one from my dad)

> Teaching Math
>
>
> Teaching Math in 1950:
> A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
> His cost of production is 4/5 of the price.
> What is his profit?
>
>
> Teaching Math in 1960:
> A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
> His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80.
> What is his profit?
>
>
> Teaching Math 1970:
> A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M"
> of money.
> The cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is
> worth one dollar.
> Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set
> "M."
> The set "C", the cost of production contains 20 fewer
> points than set
> "M."
> Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and
> answer the following
> question:
> What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits?
>
>
>
> Teaching Math in 1980:
> A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
> His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20.
> Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
>
>
> Teaching Math in 1990:
> By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger
> makes $20.
> What do you think of this way of making a living?
> Topic for class participation after answering the
> question:
> How did the forest birds and squirrels feel as the
> logger cut down the
> trees?
> There are no wrong answers.
>
>
> Teaching Math in 2000:
> A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
> His cost of production is $120.
> How does Arthur Andersen determine that his profit
> margin is $60
>
>
>
>
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