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Reply #7

time*treat — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:51:16 GMT

If you change a to x and b to y, and graph x+y = 10, you will get a straight line (with a negative slope). The constants of math are really about relationships(ratios). The dimensionless term simply means that the ratio is not related to the units ~ measured in inches or cm, the ratio between the diameter and circumference of a circle are always the same ~ 3.14159. It is really because the units cancel

circumference (in inches) / diameter (in inches) = ratio (no units) pi

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Reply #6

WIN D — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:58:51 GMT

Zero mass is a constant ...... yes? Is mass random?

Isn't Pi normally referred to as a dimensionless constant ....? Man ,,,talk about oxymoronic !

Perhaps constants are until you try to apply them in a formula... then.... they're not any more. LOL

Perhaps they're just human artifacts. They must be... if a human can go around making constants equal to one another.

Hey .....look at me Mom ! .... I'm gonna make the constants ... Coffee, Pork beans, and the Titanic... [ More ]

Reply #5

sfilippo — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:28:46 GMT

Seems like Calculus and Statistics are somewhat fuzzy when dealing with constants. Don't know for sure though.

Reply #4

lotterybraker — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:22:20 GMT

ky floyd..thanks for the response...I agree..there isnt one constant that you can work with in the lottery..everything bounces around and you cant get anything to remain constant to work with and I will also throw in... In a Timely Manner

Reply #3

KY Floyd — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:26:59 GMT

There's plenty of room for debate on exactly what a constant is, but I promise that the 10 in a+b=10 isn't a constant. It's just the sum of a+b, and the sum of a+b can be 10 for a=4 and b=6 and also for a=4 and b=2. Yeah, I know that most of you think that's wrong, but if people, and the math that started with counting on fingers, had evolved with 3 fingers on each hand you'd all think that 5+5=14. None of the other things you list are constants either.

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Reply #2

lotterybraker — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:02:21 GMT

Rjoh..that is what I am talking about..you have a constant 10..with a constant of anykind in Math you can always solve for what you are looking for or it seems like it..I guess with my poor Math Background I am probably making the wrong assumption..but anyway it has been something that has been bothering me for a long time and it stems from what I believe in FIRMLY I might add..and that is .. I firmly believe that Math will never solve the Lottery because you cant get a single constant to work w... [ More ]

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RJOh — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:51:36 GMT

Not all math is about constants, for example a + b = 10. The 10 is a constant, but a and b are variables. To figure a or b, you has to know the value of the other.

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lotterybraker — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:27:19 GMT

I have a question and before I ask it..I just want to say onething...My math Background includes a B in College Algebra..I tried ..Trig..CaL..and Physics..dropped all of those because you are suppose to take some of those classes before the others to have the background you need..so..here is my question..Does Math in general..no matter what branch of Math you can look at..do they all work with constants?..for example..in Physics/Astonomy one constant would be the speed of light..186,000 per se... [ More ]