Algebra Puzzle

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If pronounced in plain English, this algebraic equation makes a poem.

A limerick, actually.

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Have at it ya'll!

[NN5I]

Wade, if you claim to be a Southerner, you've just gotta learn where the apostrophe goes in y'all.

As for the riddle -- darn -- beats me.

[Radio]

It begins...

"A dozen, a gross and a score... "

[Radio]

"Plus three times the square root of four..." :whistle:

the next two lines of the limerick are obvious, come on guys...

[ke0me]

my brain hurts too much, I'm out of RAM.

[NN5I]

Humph. It's arithmetic, not algebra.

I originally got the "a dozen, a gross and a score" but the rest evaded me until Wade showed how to read the rest of the denominator. The equation is incorrect anyway,

[Radio]

Humph. It's arithmetic, not algebra.

I originally got the "a dozen, a gross and a score" but the rest evaded me until Wade showed how to read the rest of the denominator. The equation is incorrect anyway,

Nope, the math is right.

The square root of 4 is 2, so 3 x 2 is 6.

So 12 + 144 + 20 + 6 = 182

182 / 7 = 26 and then 5 x 11 = 55

26 + 55 = 81 = 9 x 9 :idea:

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So the 2 short lines of the limerick read... come on guys...

[NN5I]

That's what I get for doing it in my head.

I had to do something in my head -- there's little else going on in there nowadays.

[Radio]

I shall taunt you once again...

"A dozen, a gross and a score,
Plus three times the square root of four"
...
...

and I'll tell you the rest tomorrow just before bed. Which for me is pretty early

[NN5I]

Oh, I already know the rest.

[Radio]

A dozen, a gross, and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared and not a bit more.


And then there is...

The meter the math and the rhyme,
So perfect it's almost a crime,
Your poetic equation,
Proves my declaration,
With numbers you're better than I'm.