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Whether tis nobler in the mind to factorise / The xs and bs of outrageous formulations / or to take up quadratic equation against a formulae of troubles / And by substituting solve them? Do try, don't weep.
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└ Tags: Hamlet, Math, Mathematics, Maths, Shakespeare

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  1. Scroll down for solution
    Luke
    July 17, 2009, 12:31 am | #

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    x^2 - bx - 2b^2 = 0
    (x - 2b)*(x + b) = 0
    x = 2b or x = -b [2b or not 2b]

  2. Ben
    Ben
    July 17, 2009, 2:59 am | #

    Oh… oh, wow.
    …I love it.

  3. miamiandy
    miamiandy
    July 17, 2009, 3:06 am | #

    should have made it x = 2b or x = -2b.

    “2b or not 2b” instead of “2b or not b”

  4. danineteen
    danineteen
    July 17, 2009, 4:56 am | #

    I agree with miamiandy^

  5. Sean
    Sean
    July 17, 2009, 7:55 am | #

    not isn’t a synonym for negative, guys

    either the answer is 2b, or it’s not 2b (in this case -b)

  6. Steve in the Sandbox
    Steve in the Sandbox
    July 17, 2009, 3:31 pm | #

    But not *is* a homonym of naught, which is zero. “not to be” could be represented by (0 * 2b), or perhaps even (0 ^ b)

  7. Sean
    Sean
    July 18, 2009, 10:35 am | #

    That’s true, but 0*2b simplifies to 0, and the joke would be lost to all but the most dedicated readers, such as yourself.

  8. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    July 18, 2009, 2:36 pm | #

    That just gave me a headache

  9. Bob
    Bob
    July 23, 2009, 5:41 am | #

    yeah. As a math nerd I find this offensive. The equation should obviously read x^2-4b^2=0
    to be or not to be.

    not this “to be or not be” crap.

    good comic though.

  10. varshasri
    varshasri
    July 26, 2009, 6:20 am | #

    i love dis one:):)

  11. Angel
    Angel
    July 26, 2009, 7:33 am | #

    i factored it and @Scrolldownforsolution was right.
    however, the answer wouldn’t read as “to be or not to be”. i agree that it is a total crap.

  12. Kimmi
    Kimmi
    July 27, 2009, 1:19 am | #

    Math nerds FTW 🙂

  13. a
    a
    July 28, 2009, 2:17 am | #

    ^agreed

  14. Dean
    Dean
    July 29, 2009, 9:50 pm | #

    Ok, after viewing the entire archive (up to this one), I was beginning to suspect this is the best webcomic on the web.
    I think this strip proves the theory!

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