A naval architect and engineer was having an arguement with his friend, an accountant. The architect earned less than half his friend's salary and his friend was suggesting it is a sign of higher intelligence that he made more money, than scienists and engineers. Therefore it was better to go to business school than to get a science or engineering degree. Afterall, everyone he knew from his MBA program made a lot more money than his friend with a science degree.
The naval architect called upon his engineering skills and proved, beyond a doubt, that MBAs were not as smart as engineers.
The engineer wrote a mathematical proof, "The Salary Theorem", to see if his friend was right.
It states that, "Engineers and scientists can never earn as much as business executives, sales people, accountants and especially liberal arts majors."
The accountant agreed with this thesis. The proof goes on, supported by a mathematical equation where
Knowledge = K,
Power=P,
Money=M,
Work=M,
Time=t.
Based on the following two well known postulates that the accountant was always fond of saying:
Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power (K=P).
Postulate 2: Time is Money (t=M).
As every engineer knows: P = W/t.
Since: K = P, then K = W/t,
and t = M, then K = W/M.
Solving for M, we get: M = W/K.
Therefore, as Knowledge approaches zero, money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done.
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Salary Theorem - Math Jokes
-Will (Dragonfly)