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we need to teach students to interpret equations appropriately.
Sometimes order is important, as in definitions. We write
that v = dx/dt as a definition of v but dx=vdt is not a definition of dx.
We write F=ma and a=F/m and say both are equivalent. We need to emphasize
that an empirical relationship just identifies the relationship - it does
not identify cause/effect.