Comments by "Beth Hentges" (@bethhentges) on "The Freshman's Dream (a classic mistake) - Numberphile" video.

  1.  @galacticminx  A college in the US may offer a two-year degree(AA) and/or a four-year degree (BA). A university also offers graduate degrees (MA and PhD).
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  2.  @galacticminx  Believe me I tell them to multiply (a+b)(a+b). And I remind them that mult. distributes over ADDITION. Exponents distribute over multiplication. Yet,…
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  3. Or just one of them is zero.
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  4. I have many college students who make this mistake—even when significant time in class is devoted to why it’s wrong.
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  5. Freshman in both hs and college.
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  6. Yes, at first.
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  7. Because students forget and fall into the “Everything is linear” trap.
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  8. Because the exponent is a cardinal number, not an remainder, by convention.
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