When Reading Mathematical Texts, It Is Best to Skip Over

question 18

True/False

When reading mathematical texts, it is best to skip over the formulas at first.
It is a mistake to skip over the formulas. Look at them, think about them, annotate them, and make them concrete by substituting actual numbers for abstract numbers.

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