Comment by skipants
8 hours ago
Uhhh... what? The OP is right; even if you do it intuitively it's still algebra. If you need a proverb to justify it: Just because your hammer is made of stone doesn't make it less of a hammer.
8 hours ago
Uhhh... what? The OP is right; even if you do it intuitively it's still algebra. If you need a proverb to justify it: Just because your hammer is made of stone doesn't make it less of a hammer.
Thanks for the downvote.
Look, when someone says "you need algebra to solve this" is it reasonable to assume that they are talking about informal methods that people have used forever, or is it more reasonable to assume they are talking about formal algebraic methods?
Because many people sure as shit don't need any algebraic symbols or operators to solve this in their heads.