It was on the ways Egyptian's dealt with fractions.
You mean, with the unit fraction thing? Cause boy, that's hard to do. Like, when you're adding 1/4 and 1/13, you have to find the right combination of (1/x)s. Quite taxing.
Oh, and ginger wine? Excellent. I took some to the delightful and delicious Tom and Nora Thanksgiving feast and decided I liked it, so bought another bottle for myself. Yummy.
You mean, with the unit fraction thing? Cause boy, that's hard to do. Like, when you're adding 1/4 and 1/13, you have to find the right combination of (1/x)s. Quite taxing.
Exactly that. It's just ... I don't get it. I don't understand the why and the how is pretty strange too.
Taking 3/8 and making them all 1/something + 1/something +1/somethings. I need to watch again.
Yeah, I'm afraid I don't get the why either, and the how for me was pretty much trial and error. They must have had a lot of lookup tables. (Though so long as you've got an even number in the denominator, you're in pretty good shape, at least for a little while.)
Bummer. I was hoping that there was some really interesting reason *why* and once I heard it, I would understand why they were taking things down to 1/something when it seems more complicated.
Except when they talked about having 5 loaves of bread for 8 people. That one (give each person a half and then divide up the remaining loaf eight ways) made sense and was mathtastic.
OK, hivemind. Where can one get white-tie or black-tie tuxedos? Brooks Brothers was the only place I could think of, and the only jacket they offer has one button and notched lapels, both no-nos.
Raq, try here [link]
Macy's has a few here, but they're kind of expensive [link]
I would think Nordstrom's as a good but expensive option.
Are you looking for internetability for the purchase, local or stateside?
Dread Pirate Snot Monster is harshing my sleepy, man. I suspect I am going to be sleeping sitting up-ish.
Raq, if you have shipping/purchasing options, I would be happy to help you out. e me if you need it.
Thanks guys! I hadn't even thought to check the department stores. And thanks for the shipment offers...I think the hard part will be finding a tux that meets the requirements.
La la la - I think I am up so early that my brain doesn't know what the hell is going on, so it's not telling me I'm tired....