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Interpretation of negative values in the real world
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Interpretation of negative values in the real world
I have always wondered if negative values have a meaning, and we just havent discovered how to use them.

For example, if we make an exercise about accelerated movement, and we obtain 2 values for time from a quadratic equation: one positive, and one negative. We are taught to ignore the negative value because it makes no sense in the real world. But is it really true?

I feel mathematics always tell us something. We just need to discover how to interpret negative values.
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Interpretation of negative values in the real world - by Macoleco - March 28, 2018 at 1:48 pm



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