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12-15-2008 , 06:19 PM

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il_martilo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pennpal

Grunch: If the syllabus says 90-100 perhaps you should argue in terms of significant figures

haha so awesome. Beat the *******s at their own game.

12-18-2008 , 12:17 AM

#27

qdmcg

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its one of the commandments iirc

12-18-2008 , 12:18 AM

#28

SuperUberBob

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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 48,217

lol no

12-18-2008 , 02:09 AM

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poincaraux

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Quote:

Originally Posted by pennpal

Grunch: If the syllabus says 90-100 perhaps you should argue in terms of significant figures

clap clap clap

12-18-2008 , 11:34 PM

#30

mickeyg13

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Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 661

I think if I were in that situation I would look at the syllabus to see if it leaves any ambiguity. There's a good chance that the grade you received is not covered in the syllabus, as it may very well dictate that 80-89 is a B and 90-100 is an A, but it does not specify what an 89.85 is. I've actually had a syllabus that read something to the effect of, "a grade in [80,90) is a B and a grade in [90, 100] is an A." Then again, we mathematicians are notoriously nitty...

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