OK, I can certainly print out strings, but I can actually add strings together, and just as you saw, I can multiply strings, you can kind of guess what this is going to do.

当然我可以显示字符串，但是其实我还可以令字符串相加，如你所见到的，我可以令字符串相乘，你们可以想想答案是什么。

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You don't have to count all the leaves on the tree, you can take a sample and you count that and then you multiply.

你不必数树上所有的叶子,你可以抽样,然后计数,再相乘即可

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And I can cross-multiply here.

然后再交叉相乘。

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That's how by either balancing the unknown force with a known force or by simply measuring the acceleration as I fall towards this podium and multiplying by mass, you can find the force that exerts on me.

我们既可以让未知力与已知力平衡,也可以只测量我冲向讲台时加速度的大小,再与我的质量相乘,都能求出作用在我身上的力的大小

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As you may know, there's yet another organization where we could group this in units of four but for all intents and purposes-- there are a few nuances to it-- four is simply a multiplication of two.

也许你知道的,还有另外一种组织方式,我们可以四拍一组,但是不论出于什么动机或者目的,这其中的区别甚微,四拍就是两拍的简单相乘

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And now we can plug in q1 and q2.

现在我们就能使q1和q2相乘了。

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