04 December 2013

What a weird word.

Textbook question: In an experiment, students netted butterflies, recorded the number with tags on their wings, and then released them. The students netted 48 butterflies and 3 of those had tagged wings. Predict the number of butterflies that would have tagged wings out of 100 netted.

Student: What does netting mean??
Me: Catching with nets.
Student: Who even uses that word?! This is ridiculous. Why can't they just say catched?

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