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- Mathematicians Vs Engineers
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- Here is one I tell sometimes to my engineering students:
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- Several mathematicians are gathered around a flag pole. An engineer happens
- to walk by. He asks if there is a problem. The mathematicians reply that
- they are trying to figure out how to measure the height of the flag pole.
- So the engineer looks at the pole, pulls it out of the ground, lays it
- flat, measures it and puts it back in the ground. He gives his answer and
- leaves. The mathematicians look at each other and say:
- "typical engineer... we ask him for the height, he gives us the length..."
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- Georges M. Fadel
- Clemson University
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- *** EOF
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