2.2.1 Try some yourself 1 Here is a poor example of mathematical writing, although the final answer is correct. Rewrite it, correcting the layout and the mathematical punctuation. 2.1 Layout As mentioned in the animation in Section 1.2 writing mathematics has a lot in common with writing English. When you write mathematics, you should write in the equivalent of sentences, with full stops at the end. As in English, each new statement should follow on logically from the previous one or it should contain an indication that a new idea is being introduced. However, laying out mathematics differs from laying out English: because mathematics is more condensed than written English 1.2 Talking and writing mathematics One way of testing whether or not you are conforming to the first guideline, is to read your solutions through aloud. Speaking aloud involves you in translating every symbol on the page into its verbal equivalent. If you find yourself needing to say more than is written on the page, you may need to expand your written account. To give you practice at this and at assessing the quality of some written mathematics, work through the animation below. The actual mathematics used is not important; j Acknowledgements Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material within this product. 1.9.6 On the right lines: summing up Timetables and distance-time graphs are different representations of scheduled train movements. They are both models which can be used to predict when trains will run, to analyse and compare different schedules when problems occur, and to design new operating schedules to meet new demands. Both models provide information which allows the company to operate safely and flexibly. The information is used by different groups of people: 1.9.4 Video task: Taking the A train
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