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A Mathematical Limerick

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A mathematical limerick.


12 + 144 + 20 + 3 \/4             2
--------------------- + 5*11  =  9  + 0
7

Reads as:

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.

© 2000 Peter Langston