YSaC, Vol. 1254: Sparky action at a distance

2012 May 17

I NEED HELP ON A TEST RIGHT NOW


ANYONE GOOD IN MATH

Hey does anyone know how to do this please help and just email a picture of it with the work shown I’d appreciate I could even pay you after class or something idk I just don’t wanna fail this test.

Email me or txt if your good in geometry and I’ll send u a picture of the work.

OK, Sparky. I’m pretty damn good in math. Let me give you some proof. Here’s my answer to one of MY homework problems this year. (Note: This is true.)

 

Now, I worked my ASS off to pull a decent grade in this class.  (Note: also true.)  I spent more time on this class in a given week than I’ve spent on some jobs.  Now, neglecting the fact that I still have the handwriting of a four-year-old, (Definitely true – drmk) this IS, in fact, the correct answer.

So am I going to help your sorry ass cheat because you can’t even remember how to spell “π”?

No.  But I tell you what – you can feel free to use that answer above.  It’s definitely the right answer. Probably not for your question, but I really don’t care.  In case you’re wondering, it’s from the upcoming Matt Damon hit movie, “The Born Sommerfeld Quantization Condition.”

Thanks for the link, Johanna!

72 Responses leave one →
  1. 2012 May 17
    Ralph permalink

    The son of the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides.

    Pie are round; cornbread are squared.

    It’s a sine of the Times.

    Q.E.D.

    Adores: 12
    • 2012 May 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      Oh those crazy Latinos, always using their dead language to conclude their demonstrations!

      Adores: 1
  2. 2012 May 17
    CapnMac permalink

    Nudges Kwed off to one side, takes up chalk, bravely faces chalkboard . . .

    f(x) where

    x =
    1 –
    (factorial
    (differential (>lim 0) (E1->T2; C1<C2 ~ X(sub e) + y(super X) * e)
    [bunch of scrawled Greek Characters, like Demosthenes, and Iogene, ‘yknow like a chorus]
    )expt (1 – some number)

    ratio

    1.0

    against

    Adores: 6
  3. 2012 May 17

    At least it wasn’t the ethics class this time.

    Adores: 8
  4. 2012 May 17
    LimeLolly permalink

    I would show you my work, but the dog ate it.

    Adores: 2
    • 2012 May 17
      Windrose permalink

      LL, you don’t have a dog. Anymore. Unless you mean Hammy.

      Adores: 0
      • 2012 May 18
        LimeLolly permalink

        Did Hammy eat my homework? Bad dog ! No tummy rubs for you.

        Adores: 2
  5. 2012 May 17
    Angel permalink

    A mathematician called Babbit
    Put some quite simple sums to a rabbit.
    The rabbit replied
    “I must learn to divide;
    With me multiplication’s a habit.”

    Adores: 9
  6. 2012 May 17
    funky "looking innuendo" monkey permalink

    *raises hand*

    Ooo, I know, I know!

    *tap tap tap tap tap on catulator*

    The answer is “cheese”.

    Adores: 11
  7. 2012 May 17
    wanda permalink

    I think both Pythagoras and Shakespeare are weeping in their graves right now at how humanity has devolved. Or idk, maybe they ain’t.

    Adores: 3
    • 2012 May 17
      Not-a-[censored] Lion permalink

      *shakes spear*

      You kids like, totally get out of my mangroves and some junk!

      I’m like, trying to learn from you old people, you know? I want to have like some culture too.

      Adores: 1
    • 2012 May 17
      P-rex permalink

      Pythagorath would be pithed at the pathetic people’th mythunderthtanding of hith theorem.

      (Thorry about that, I could only afford an irregular keyboard. It hath no eth.)

      Adores: 1
      • 2012 May 18
        tigprincess permalink

        Igor’th gotht hath thneaked into thyberthpathe! Thuper! kithethth from me x

        Adores: 0
  8. 2012 May 17
    Ralph permalink

    Sparky: Stop looking for your “x.” Just accept that she is gone and move on.

    Adores: 6
    • 2012 May 17

      Poor Sparky, some fellas just can’t handle getting divided from someone they love. He’s doomed to spend the remainder of his days alone.

      Adores: 5
      • 2012 May 17
        funky "looking innuendo" monkey permalink

        I know! How many x’s can she break his heart! I think if he just moves on it will be a big plus for him.

        Adores: 3
        • 2012 May 17
          CapnMac permalink

          In the cartoons, the rye & rotgut has tres equis “XXX” and the ‘good stuff’ quatro equis “XXXX” so’s you know the difference.

          ‘Course, you get to four exes, and you’ve left Ross behind and are on your way to being Larry King . . .

          Adores: 3
        • 2012 May 17

          I will show my age and say Mickey Rooney. 8)

          Adores: 0
  9. 2012 May 17

    I would love to email you the answers, but unfortunately my cat ate my computer. Attached is a picture of my cat, feel free to X-ray the photo to read the answers.

    Adores: 8
  10. 2012 May 17

    I like pi.

    Adores: 8
    • 2012 May 17
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      I’m more of a tau guy myself. It’s very zen.

      Adores: 1
      • 2012 May 17
        Digitalaxis permalink

        No love for e? Or are there no economists in the audience?

        Adores: 1
        • 2012 May 17

          Well, I’m a home economist. Want a cupcake?

          Adores: 3
        • 2012 May 18
          tigprincess permalink

          I used to be an economist then I took the cure! Now I’m a management consultant (groan!)

          Adores: 1
    • 2012 May 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      I like $

      Adores: 3
    • 2012 May 17
      CapnMac permalink

      I like f(x) where x = 1 : (1 + x!)
      But, I’ll probably not see good odds with that.

      Adores: 1
      • 2012 May 17
        Brer Fox permalink

        I don’t like Δ.
        (Don’t Even Leave The Airport)

        Adores: 1
  11. 2012 May 17

    Dear Sparky,

    Isoscoles what you tried to do, thinking you’re acute.

    You with your obtuse angle.

    Did you really think me so decagon as to accept your money, even node it was wrong?

    Were I to go to extremes I’d report your null set to the hierarchy.

    You’d probably land in oblique prism for a really long time.

    As it is I’ve got a rhombus to catch, so I’ll let you off with a warning this time.

    Geometrically Yours,

    Poly Hedron

    Adores: 8
  12. 2012 May 17

    Free all the body diagrams!

    Adores: 3
  13. 2012 May 17
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    Just remember there, Sparky, if math were easy, it’d be your mom.

    Adores: 19
  14. 2012 May 17

    Now I wish I’d pay more attention in my various classes that had to do with numbers and such. 8/ I’ll just be over here with the other slow students.

    Adores: 0
    • 2012 May 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      Well, having moved over 50 times before graduating from high school, I have a few holes in my education. I never got Trigonometry. Sin is half a sinus, cosin is what your parents do so you can buy your first car (this did not happen), and tangent is a really polite guy that spends alot of time on the beach.

      Adores: 6
      • 2012 May 17
        CapnMac permalink

        Wait, I tot a cosin was what yur mom’s udder brodder’s kidz was calt?

        Adores: 3
        • 2012 May 17

          Naw, dat’s a brodder-in-law.

          Adores: 0
        • 2012 May 17
          Brer Fox permalink

          My ex-brother-in-law is now my nephew. He’s older than me.
          My uncle, who is now my brother, is younger.
          (none of this is my fault)

          Adores: 4
        • 2012 May 17

          Sounds like an episode of Jerry Springer just waiting to happen.

          Adores: 0
        • 2012 May 17
          Brer Fox permalink

          Gno, cosin izwatcha do win yer pros haz culerful meta 4s.

          Edit: dis wuz suposta go unner windy

          Adores: 1
        • 2012 May 17
          Windrose permalink

          Hey, hey! Watch it there, Fox!

          Adores: 0
        • 2012 May 17
          Not-a-[censored] Lion permalink

          Brer put his paw in his mouth.

          *heehee*

          Adores: 0
    • 2012 May 17

      Us bookish folk just can’t catch a break.

      Adores: 6
      • 2012 May 17
        Not-a-[censored] Lion permalink

        *breaks open a KitKat bar*
        *tosses pieces to ghostcat*
        Here you go ghosty.

        Adores: 1
  15. 2012 May 17

    He chose CraigsList over Facebook because this way he can stay anonymous. Sparky is a very clever cheater. (Well, except for the fact that he seems to be posting his cry for help while sitting IN class taking the test… Talk about waiting until the last minute!)

    Adores: 4
    • 2012 May 17
      Digitalaxis permalink

      Well, dude, he didn’t know what the questions were going to be until he saw the test. Doyyyy…

      Adores: 3
      • 2012 May 17
        One Moving Violation permalink

        Well, dude, he didn’t know what the problems were going to be until he saw the test.
        FIFY
        Unless the problems are story problems, then you get questions.

        Given [math problem], solve for [answer]
        Student: Huh?

        Okay, that’s why there are tests in the first place. There is a question whether said student can solve a problem.
        I apologize, you are correct.

        Adores: 2
        • 2012 May 17
          P-rex permalink

          Sparky’s story problem:
          If the Papa Bull eats three bales of hay per day, and the Baby Bull eats one bale of hay per day, How much does the Mama Bull eat?

          Adores: 1
        • 2012 May 17
          Brer Fox permalink

          TARANTULA STAMPEDE!

          Adores: 2
      • 2012 May 17

        Not so doyyy. Even without knowing the questions, he could have sought out a cheating partner beforehand, instead of hoping one might be wandering through CraigsList at the moment of his testing.

        Adores: 4
    • 2012 May 17
      CapnMac permalink

      Would be sadder is the school’s router blocked f/b but allowed CL . . . <sigh>

      Adores: 1
      • 2012 May 17
        funky "looking innuendo" monkey permalink

        Heh, that’s my set up at work exactly.

        Adores: 2
        • 2012 May 17

          Mine blocks f/b and CL, but I can still view CL if I type in the city page ([location].craigslist.org) instead of the main page.

          Adores: 2
  16. 2012 May 17
    Digitalaxis permalink

    Let me see if I can help.

    for a=2, b=5:

    5x^2+10xb-3ax-6ab=10x^2+19ax-15a^2
    (5x-3a)(x+2b)=(5x-3a)(2x+5a)
    x+2b=2x+5a
    x+10=2x+10
    x=2x
    1=2

    Ah, crap.

    Adores: 4
    • 2012 May 17
      CapnMac permalink

      No, you just forgot that
      3ax-6ab=10x^2
      simplifies to toucans
      and that
      x+2b=2x+5a = salmon mousse

      Unless in Metric, when the conversion is Macaw and Sockeye Mice.

      Adores: 3
  17. 2012 May 17
    CraigsLister permalink

    hey sparks, fuggettaboutit. there’s always football n such.
    my teachers’ kept wanting me to play sports in school.
    they always said I should be left back.

    Adores: 1
  18. 2012 May 17
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    Just remember, people who don’t study in math class grow up to be like Will Ferrell:

    If I have 7 ice cubes and you have 8, how many waffles can fit on the roof? Purple. Because aliens don’t wear hats.

    Adores: 6
    • 2012 May 17

      Server not found. Huh, must be on his break.

      Adores: 3
      • 2012 May 17
        P-rex permalink

        I used to work in Chicago in a department store.
        Behind the Service counter, a lady came in the door.
        She said she wanted a server, I asked what kind she’d like.
        “A web” she stated, so spun her I did.
        I’ll never work there anymore.

        Adores: 1
    • 2012 May 17
      Brer Fox permalink

      I have never been on twitter and am not about to start now.
      Tweets = blows @ higher octave.

      Adores: 1
  19. 2012 May 17

    Forty-Two.

    Adores: 4
    • 2012 May 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      101010

      Adores: 1
    • 2012 May 17
      Brer Fox permalink

      “Forty-Two.”

      What is “How many IQ points is Sparky lacking to effectively take a test on his own?”

      Adores: 2
  20. 2012 May 17
    One Moving Violation permalink

    Using Hero’s (Heron’s) Formula, calculate the area of a triangle with sides a=3, b=7, and c=4.

    Actually you don’t need to use any formula, just look at the triangle.

    Adores: 2
  21. 2012 May 17
    Bridgete permalink

    My cat has a solution for your problem.

    X=tuna fish when window>open, except when thunder(lightning)=rain.

    QED

    litter box

    Adores: 3
    • 2012 May 17
      One Moving Violation permalink

      If I could make it through life using cat logic, I would. But a cat at rest tends to stay at rest or else. Moving a cat would be a violation of the cat’s tendencies. And I don’t want to get all bloodied up. Therefore I’ll take the onion.

      Adores: 3
  22. 2012 May 17
    Brer Fox permalink

    All Sparky would have to put in the answer space is “What do you mean, African or European?” then he and everyone else in the class would get a free pass. Duh!

    Students get no culture nowadays. Sheesh.

    Adores: 2
  23. 2012 May 17
    One Moving Violation permalink

    True Story:

    In my Junior year in high school, In my geometry class, there was a girl that just didn’t get it. Whenever we had a test or quiz, she would fail, then burst into tears. One day after this happened, I went to her desk and explained the concepts we had been taught thus far in my own manner, rather than our teacher’s. The next test we had, She got 100%, I got 97%. That was the best hug I ever got in school.
    Whenever I teach someone how to do something, they always do better than me.

    Adores: 6
    • 2012 May 17

      Can you teach me how to Dougie?

      Adores: 3
      • 2012 May 17
        One Moving Violation permalink

        No, but if I drive you there in a bus, you’re sure to win.

        (Every team I’ve ever driven to a sporting event has won. Perfect record that.)

        Adores: 1
  24. 2012 May 17
    Grampdaddy permalink

    Sorry Dan, you lost me at:

    T = e…

    Adores: 3
  25. 2012 May 17
    One Moving Violation permalink

    “ANYONE GOOD IN MATH”

    Sorry Sparky, I used to be good in math way back when I had all of my numbers.
    All I have left is a high five, a lucky 7 (I’m not giving that up), a fifth, a couple of twenties, a google, and an infiniti. As for units, I have pecks, a couple of feet, two hands, a rod (complete with furlongs), a gal. in. waiting, knots(in my shoes), and a karat.

    (I also have a hot rod if you’re interested in stolen property)

    Adores: 2
  26. 2012 May 17
    One Moving Violation permalink

    I NEED HELP ON A TEST RIGHT NOW

    ——————————————————————————–

    ANYONE GOOD IN BLOOD

    Hey does anyone know how to do this please help and just email a picture of it with the work shown I’d appreciate I could even pay you after apointment or something idk I just don’t wanna fail this test.

    Email me or poke if your good in phlebotomy and I’ll send u a picture of the work.

    Adores: 3
  27. 2012 May 18
    tigprincess permalink

    Hi Sparky, I’m British. We don’t do math, we do maths. Or more specifically we do arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, algebra and others. In both advanced maths and pure maths we cover quadratic equations, percentages, a great deal of work with Greek symbols, long division, adding up and taking away, roots of all sorts, logarithms and many more. The mathematical world is your lobster. With which topic / equation precisely do you need assistance?

    Adores: 1
  28. 2012 May 18

    MandaB, as always, you bring a certain special quality to the box. Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, Science Guy!

    Adores: 0

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