Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joy Beeson Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Household Algebra Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 19:38:38 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 01:38:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e0a9ea1c07b240fc2526d087ce6bbee2"; logging-data="3621887"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX193MwDL33cwUIvY1KK8/IL2IwhjrTkAurg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:3a/5nL1bOHbq1I1kggVjJI2lWKU= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.2/32.830 Bytes: 1773 On another forum, I remarked that I frequently use high-school algebra in my sewing. Tonight I need it for cooking -- I forgot to buy baking chocolate, but I have nine .88-ounce bars of 85% eating chocolate, and need four ounces to make a cake. I think I'm gonna need a calculator. Or, perhaps, I could just put them all in: .88 x 9 x .85 = 7.92 x .85 = 6.732 Sanity check: .85 x .88 = .748 oz/bar, three-fourths of nine is six and three fourths. I usually put all four ounces into half a recipe, but this year I'm making a whole cake, so half again too much is going to be rather feeble chocolate. I'd better make sure I have four eggs. I did check that I have a cup of pecans. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at centurylink dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ http://wlweather.net/PAGESEW/