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| October 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Teaching Math in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

Teaching Math in 1960: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?

Teaching Math in 1970: A logger exchanges a set of lumber (L) for a set of money (M). Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set M. The set C, the cost of production, contains 20 fewer dots than M. Represent C as a subset of M and answer: What is the cardinality of the set P, profits?

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