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Re:Everything I Am Afraid Might Happen If I Ask New Acquaint... by kazinator on Monday August 22, 2016 @12:24PM (#12337420)
Well, at least get the variable(s) representing the person's feelings on the left, equated with the appropriate expression on the right. But you don't have to actually evaluate it; just leave it in algebraic form.
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Re:Everything I Am Afraid Might Happen If I Ask New Acquaint... by chc on Monday August 22, 2016 @12:38PM (#12337516)
Does this actually mean anything? It reads like a pataphor.
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Re:Everything I Am Afraid Might Happen If I Ask New Acquaint... by grkvlt on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @05:30AM (#12342427)
Leaving in algebraic form means you aren't finding a solution, but can see that, e.g. with '3x = 2y/12z' increasing z will decrease x, but increasing y will increase x. So you know the trends for the variables, and which ones can be usefully manipulated. Reasonable advice, if a little glib.
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