Quoting Dale Tronrud <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> P.S. to respond out-of-band to Dr. Schiltz: On the US flag I see 7
> "red stripes",
> 6 "white stripes", and 50 "stars". If I state "I see 7" I have conveyed no
> useful information.
Yes, but cast in a mathematical equations one would write :
Number of red stripes = 7
Number of white stripes = 6
Number of stars = 50
i.e. without units
one would not write :
Number = 7 red stripes
Number = 6 white stripes
Number = 50 stars
Marc
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