Re: David Grudek/COR/AXE is out of the office.

From: Paul Morgan (paulswm_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 12/31/03

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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 06:17:23 -0500

    On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:33:15 -0500, Antonio Rodr P `Y wrote:

    >
    >
    > Let me add another element to this topic: In the English language, at
    > least in its American version, the simple division operation 6/2 = 3 in
    > its long form is written
    >
    > 3
    > ________
    > | 6
    > 2 |
    > ___ |
    >
    > which corresponds to 6 divided by 2 is 3, but is not exactly
    > co-sequential with its written form. Hence the common confusion among
    > the not so educated as to the written notation. I find the notation used
    > in (the rest of the planet ?) other parts more corresponding to the
    > human language:
    >
    > |
    > 6 | 2
    > |_________
    > 3
    >

    Ih the UK, at least, when I went to school, the second form (short
    division) is used when the divisor <= 12, and the first form (long
    division) is used when the divisor > 12, in order to keep the quotient
    clear of the intermediate arithmetic. 

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