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Old 02-26-2010 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
math is merely another human language among many,
I know it is and like I said, most of us don't know it. The average person probably knows theta equals an angle and V represents velocity. Beyond that your chart is useless for the majority of readers.

You said, "don't hesitate to ask what it means." Well in its current form I suspect maybe a handful of readers actually know what it means. So instead I gave you a way to simplify it.

Instead of telling me all of the terms go back and replace them with one word titles. Math is such a simple structure to learn, but we lose everyone because we refuse to use the english language and instead expect people to learn a new one. It is no wonder people are literally scared of math.

If anything at least define the terms and rewrite that formula with those terms defined in [] as I suggested. Watch how something that right now might as well be in chinese suddenly becomes readable to the majority.

If you wish to not do it, don't. However, the reply you just made probably took as much time as it would have taken to replace each of those terms and make a currently useless presentation useful.

Disclaimer: I am not meaning to be harsh or disrespectful. I am sure it has very useful information. However, in it's current state it might as well be written in chinese.
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