Bob Jones University

Excerpts from their self-designed precalc textbooks:

If you are given the length of two sides and the angle measure opposite one of those sides, you can use the law of sines to solve the triangle. However, this does not always determine a unique triangle. As a result, it is called the ambiguous case. Ambiguous means open to multiple interpretations. Some people say that you can interpret the Bible in any way that you want. However, there is no ambiguity in the Bible.

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A person is eccentric if his behavior deviates from normal. Jesus Christ expects His disciples to be eccentric, since living a Christlike life is not normal in this world (Titus 2:14). Likewise, in mathematics, conic sections are eccentric if they deviate from a circle. Eccentricity is a measure of this deviation. The eccentricity of an ellipse (e) is the ratio of focal distance (c) to the length of the semimajor axis (a): e = c?a. Since c and a are distances and c < a, the eccentricity of any ellipse is 0 < e < 1.

Weird stuff. Wonder if questions on exams are structured in the same format: Q: if 45 Christians are being mercilessly slaughtered by hedonistic` Jews how many remain? A: all of them because God strikes down the Jews with thunderbolts. (trick question)