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Mitochondria is the power house of the cell (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

To the tune of "Pop Goes The Weasel":

x equals negative b /
plus or minus the square root /
of b squared minus 4 ac /
all over 2a!

I cannot believe that stupid fucking song is still in my head, but good God damn it worked. It's there for all 0 times I'll need the quadratic equation in my daily life.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

It was to to the tune of Frère Jacques when I learned it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A8re_Jacques

Negative b, negative b
Plus or minus square root, plus or minus square root
B squared minus 4 AC, b squared minus 4 AC
Over 2A, over 2A

Finding the name of the original song was a pain. I'd never seen it written as an adult and thought it said "do re mi" so every search result kept telling me it was from the sound of music.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't even visualise what you are saying

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I don't hear it either, though.