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pundantic · 05-21-2013, 08:05 PM

SPOILER!!: Hadley

Numbers. He was actually decent at these. You know, when he went to Muggle school and stuff before he got yanked into all of this craziness. And it WAS craziness, yeah?

Anyway, this was familiar. Something he could do without wanting to groan really loudly and complain about the academic institution in general. Psh.

But he knew this stuff. It wasn't magic related. Nope, it was good, old fashioned numbers. Things that did not seem to change from world to world. Awesome.

He rose his hand, for probably the first time all year, and answered, "Golden ratio, ma'am," Yeah, she even got a ma'am, "is a number. Used a lot with taking ratios of distances and stuff." Simple geometry and such.

05-21-2013, 08:05 PM	#68 (permalink)
pundantic MO Moke Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Winterfell Posts: 8,763 Hogwarts RPG Name: Gideon Emerson Slytherin Seventh Year x4	Who Am I? Ern's 2460FUN SPOILER!!: Hadley Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Now a small smile crossed Hadley's features when they finished their calculations and realized the final answer and what a small number it was. *"So, if you did this correctly, exactly as I described, then no matter what your original number was, every single one of you should now be thinking of three."* She waited to hear some sort of discrepancy or contradiction.... As she noticed a young Slytherin. "Uh Sonea, you've begun with an odd number...." But her eyes scanned down her parchment. "But no matter, just as long as you follow the rest of the steps correctly, meaning 22 divided by 4 is 5.5, not 5." Which if her mental math was correct, then she too ended in a 3. Now addressing everyone, "And THUS, as I've just demonstrated by this simple example, is the power of Arithmancy and numbers." And now that she demonstrated such power in numbers, they can continue with the actual lesson... "So in previous years, we've examined your destiny as presented in your name and birthday, your personality, and even how certain days affect outcomes. Today though, we will be taking a closer look at an important mathematical constant found in both the artistic and natural worlds. Which is . . . the Golden Ratio. We'll begin by you telling me if you've heard anything at all about this golden ratio." Numbers. He was actually decent at these. You know, when he went to Muggle school and stuff before he got yanked into all of this craziness. And it WAS craziness, yeah? Anyway, this was familiar. Something he could do without wanting to groan really loudly and complain about the academic institution in general. Psh. But he knew this stuff. It wasn't magic related. Nope, it was good, old fashioned numbers. Things that did not seem to change from world to world. Awesome. He rose his hand, for probably the first time all year, and answered, "Golden ratio, ma'am," Yeah, she even got a ma'am, "is a number. Used a lot with taking ratios of distances and stuff." Simple geometry and such. __________________