Dec. 9 STEM Puzzle: Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, Computer Scientist | Mixed Review
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Grace Hopper, a computer programming pioneer, was born on December 9 of the Mystery Year. The math clues for finding the year involve percent, measurement conversions, negative exponents, and error identification (debugging) in evaluating an expression involving exponents in a real-world context.
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