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    Any comments on Las Vegas, it’s casinos and it’s future?


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    ZeeBabar,

    I have a comment: your question has two too many apostrophes.

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    I have a comment:

    Nevada and Las Vegas will be the last to return to normal after the pandemic. Also, I am not staying at any casinos that charges resort fees the next time I am going to Las Vegas and going forward. I think it is possible to not pay one penny of resort. There are hotels like the Holiday Inns that do not charge resort fees.

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    No com'ment.

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    It's not nice to make fun of hi's use of apostrophes.

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    To Dog Hand and 21forme: do you not appreciate how good I was?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSchles View Post
    To Dog Hand and 21forme: do you not appreciate how good I was?
    When I first saw it, I thought to myself, "nah, I'll leave it for someone else."

    Don't think I've ever seen Doghand do a grammar correction, but knowing his math prowess, I knew he could keep a side count of apostrophes without a problem.

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    None of the standard pronouns has an apostrophe in its possessive:

    I - my
    you - your
    he - his
    she - her
    it - its
    we - our
    they - their

    Is it possible to include a quiz on apostrophe usage in the registration process for an online forum?

    We could also phase in such a test for getting a bank account or a phone, and on the standard I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 21forme View Post
    but knowing his math prowess, I knew he could keep a side count of apostrophes without a problem.
    Lol! I have taken courses in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations, and I was completely surprised that a lot of professors with PhDs does not know how to do mental math. They must write out 18^2 as 18 x 18 to solve it. I was like what?? They are experts in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations but cannot do simple arithmetic?
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    Quote Originally Posted by seriousplayer View Post
    Lol! I have taken courses in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations, and I was completely surprised that a lot of professors with PhDs does not know how to do mental math. They must write out 18^2 as 18 x 18 to solve it. I was like what?? They are experts in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations but cannot do simple arithmetic?
    There are numerous ways to calculate 18^2. A math PhD should know by heart that the result is 324, because he must have solved many quadratic equations of the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0 during his career, the solution formula containing b^2 - 4ac, so you must square the coefficient b, which in exercises mostly is an integer number. This way I memorized many square numbers. Using binomic formulae is another suitable method in this case, e.g.

    (a - b)^2 = a^2 - 2ab +b^2

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    18^2 = (20 - 2)^2 = 400 - 80 + 4= 324.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PinkChip View Post
    There are numerous ways to calculate 18^2. A math PhD should know by heart that the result is 324, because he must have solved many quadratic equations of the form ax^2 + bx + c = 0 during his career, the solution formula containing b^2 - 4ac, so you must square the coefficient b, which in exercises mostly is an integer number. This way I memorized many square numbers. Using binomic formulae is another suitable method in this case, e.g.

    (a - b)^2 = a^2 - 2ab +b^2

    thus

    18^2 = (20 - 2)^2 = 400 - 80 + 4= 324.
    Yes, you can do it mentally using algebra but there are also shorter ways. I don't mean memorizing it. I mean doing it mentally. The problem is that they need to write it out and do it the traditional way using simple multiplication.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seriousplayer View Post
    Lol! I have taken courses in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations, and I was completely surprised that a lot of professors with PhDs does not know how to do mental math. They must write out 18^2 as 18 x 18 to solve it. I was like what?? They are experts in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations but cannot do simple arithmetic?
    Well, they are different. I took a course at an Ivy League university when I was 16 that included differential equations; and I still use Google for multiplications like that. And, you have seven capitalization errors, a hyphen error, and a verb error.

    Just making fun. There are folk with a very low IQ who can calculate complex arithmetic in an instant -- and there are math geniuses who think in infinite dimensions who go out for a walk and can't remember how to get home. Arithmetic, math, and memory are very different processes. Kind'a like the diff twixt rote memory, table lookup and pure thought.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Well, they are different. I took a course at an Ivy League University when I was 16 that included differential equations; and I still use Google for multiplications like that. And, you have seven capitalization errors, a hyphen error, and a verb error.

    Just making fun. There are folk with a very low IQ who can calculate complex arithmetic in an instant -- and there are math geniuses who think in infinite dimensions who go out for a walk and can't remember how to get home. Arithmetic, math, and memory are very different processes. Kind'a like the diff twixt rote memory, table lookup and pure thought.
    Capitalization errors, a hyphen error, and a verb error? I checked my grammar beforehand using Microsoft Word Editor before posting the statement. Maybe, I should check the settings. By the way, I know someone from an Ivy League University that can multiply double digits by double digits mentally.
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