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Calvin and Hobbes

Monday, September 10, 1990

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Help me with this homework, OK? What's 6+3? 6+3, eh? Well, this one is a bit tricky. First, we'll call the answer 'Y', as in 'Y do we care?' Now, Y may be a square number, so we'll draw a sqare and make this side 6 and that side 3. Then we'll measure the diagonal. I don't remember the teacher explaining it like this. She probably doesn't know higher math. When you deal with high numbers, you need higher math. But this diagonal is just a little under two. OK, here, I'll draw a bigger square.

Calvin asks Hobbes for help with homework. He asks what 6 + 3 is. Hobbes calls the answer 'Y', as in why do I care. He says 'Y' might be a square number, so he draws a square. He makes one side 6, the other 3. Then, he

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