Adding it all up

[GoodTaste]

Does "Adding it all up" mean, for example, there are numbers 1,3,7,11,32...and x, y,z, adding all the numbers so we have (1+3+7+11+32...+x+y+z) - this process of adding can be described as "Adding it all up"?


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Adding it all up
The potent combination of math and medicine inspires Akshaya Annapragada to take on global health care challenges

from Harvard
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/st...campaign=hu-twitter-general&utm_medium=social

 

[Skrej]

It can be used in that literal sense, but here it's a more like a figure of speech meaning "putting everything together'

Note that she's interested in both math and medicine, so there's a bit of word play going on.