YESTERDAY I realised that being good with numbers does not necessarily mean that you are equally good in mathematics. Earlier, I came across a maths problem which started as a = b and after a few equations ended up as 1 = 2. Completely baffled for a few days, I eventually gathered sufficient courage to ask my eldest boy for an explanation.
Having just completed his first tertiary year majoring in Mathematics, he patiently explained to his old man that the answer was wrongly derived because you should not divide by zero in mathematical equations. Huh? I am now totally completely puzzled.
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