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An innocent redditor has been struck by a case of seriously bad notation, and they're not even bothered! We will make up for there disconcerting lack of chill. Today we solve this hideous 11th grade math problem using logarithms, the quadratic formula - and a touch of grace. We'll discuss some historical notation in a fruitless attempt to explain how such hideous notation actually made it into a textbook (allegedly). #maths #mathmemes

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reddit.com/r/askmath/comments/1tlitdl/grade_11_find_all_the_real_values_of_x
reddit.com/r/askmath/comments/1e0jzzc/my_friend_sent_me_this_as_a_challenge
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039502011&seq=238
Edmond Halley; An account of the several species of infinite quantity, and of the proportions they bear one to the other, as it was read before the Royal Society. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 19 October 1692; 17 (195): 556–558
A History of Mathematica Notations by Florian Cajori

0:00 Intro
1:44 Finding Our Way
5:12 Elegance
8:29 Repugnance
10:42 It's not THAT Bad
14:05 Conclusion