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Mathematicians Vs Engineers
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Here is one I tell sometimes to my engineering students:
Several mathematicians are gathered around a flag pole. An engineer happens
to walk by. He asks if there is a problem. The mathematicians reply that
they are trying to figure out how to measure the height of the flag pole.
So the engineer looks at the pole, pulls it out of the ground, lays it
flat, measures it and puts it back in the ground. He gives his answer and
leaves. The mathematicians look at each other and say:
"typical engineer... we ask him for the height, he gives us the length..."
Georges M. Fadel
Clemson University
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