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Also, the most literal answer "solve quadratic equations" is kind of the most meaningless, what a physicist does with it is different than what a graphic design

Also, the most literal answer "solve quadratic equations" is kind of the most meaningless, what a physicist does with it is different than what a graphic designer does with it. The teacher might be saying they don't know in that context and would rather not lie to individual students that it's super important for them in particular way.

taneq 9y ago
That's like saying you don't know what you'd "use a lever" for.
- wolfram74 9y ago
  And I imagine after answering that question a few hundred times it might take on a level of kafkaesque absurdity.