It depends on whether you are solving the linear equations manually or whether you are writing a computer program to do the job? :-)
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Davis Sent: 13 August 2009 20:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45608] Maths (or should that be "math?") A little while ago, James Frysinger stated that metric helped in the teaching of maths. Does he, or anyone else on the USMA board, think metric, with its decimal graduations, is appropriate for use with algebra? Particularly linear equations? I imagine life would become rather difficullt if you tried to solve linear equations with decimals rather than with fractions?
