Like during recess. Or when something outside the classroom window catches my attention.
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I’m trying to ignore ‘x’ being used as a variable 
I would have used ‘n’. I wonder if that’s a personal preference?
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you made me check my spelling
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I actually used x, y, and z, and created a system of three equations.
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- The answer is 7.
Please challenge me if you are gonna be throwing out math problems.
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It’s an unambiguous way of writing the date.
Today is 25 – iv – 22.
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The convention is that letters in the first half of the alphabet are constants, and letters in the second are variables.
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but conventions differ by country
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Something about my secretary’s tan and a diagnosis.
I think your spellcheck is busted
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First off, you mean x and n. Second, n is typically used when the unknown is a natural number, i.e. positive whole number.
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Maths was invented by Europeans and Asians. Americans were, as usual, incredibly late to the party and should follow their elders and betters. Otherwise they’ll mess things up. See also: American democracy.
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Americans ARE Europeans and Asians (and Africans, etc).
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don’t get another tread shut down 
…and America was populated by immigrants from Europe, Asia, etc. I’m not ignoring the native American that were here first.
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You were those things.
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Hmmmmm, integrals. I will have to think on this one. Been 25 years 
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Look a-trophy @GreyingMouser
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Or more, in my case! I am not taking the bait, thought, because in the 30 years since I finished Calc 3, I have needed to use Calc exactly zero times in my life even as an engineer. So I have no desire to dust that off!
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