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Wild for Wilde
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Nov 05, 2009 09:52AM
Y=3x-2 ? I did Calculus and placed out of college algebra and can't remember how to solve this haha I'm pathetic : P
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Larry wrote: "Heidi wrote: "I was kinda hoping Matt would show off his mad skills with math somewhere in this thread. :-|"He did -- but he deleted it right away for some reason. But honestly, this one was j..."
MATT!!! PUT IT BACK IN THE THREAD! I am very proud of your propensity and love for math. :)
You'd be surprised how fast it would probably come back to you Wild.
Can I do algebra?
Come back in fifteen years ago, and ask me again.
Come back in fifteen years ago, and ask me again.
Deleted Member wrote: "Can I do algebra?Come back in fifteen years ago, and ask me again."
now that was funny
my math skills fifteen years ago:"ok...it's $10 for a dime bag and $5 for a nickle bag but i only got like $3.23 so i can get what...a joint and a blunt?"
someone give me another algebra problem, i wanna see if i can do a harder one!
That's what she said.
With all apologies to Sally Lou,
6x - 2 + 2x = -2 + 4x + 8
This is a fairly simple one Wild.
That is correct. See it came right back to you.
niiiice, i solved that one out on a gum wrapper. i want to frame it
I would sign it, and then frame it. You never know when it might become a collectible. :-).
i didn't solve it but ate a piece of gum. how ironic
Please don't frame the gum Kevin.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I had to repeat Algebra 2 in high school. What can I say, I am a mathematical idiot. Thank God for calculators. I can just about do some simple algebraic equations for figuring out correct drug dosages---10 mg in 4 mls equals 6 mg in x mls, like that. I have to write it out, though, which makes me feel kinda stupid. Cannot do math in my head.
I took algebra last year cool teacher she was really tall though
nonetheless I had a good time
someone give me somethin' harder
Ok, Sally, I'm just going to apologize right now, but if people are going to say what Dario said in his last line...how are we not supposed to say...you know...how how how are we supposed to not say it???:)
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That cock wasn't hard enough, she wants more sex?
It's a weird thing to say: graphic, unnecessarily sexual, gross, and, I know you sigh as I say this, demeaning to women!
It's not funny.
Do you really think it's demeaning to women? I don't mean to offend, seriously, but that's never been my perception of it. I appreciate your perspective, though, and can understand that I'm not in a particularly good place to perceive what might or might not be demeaning to women. But I hear women say it sometimes, too. I will stop saying it, but I will not stop thinking of it, soul be damned:)
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I loved math in school. Still do, many years later. A couple of months ago, an algebra II test randomly ended up on my lawn. First thing I did was bring it in and give it a go. :->The only reason I changed majors in college (from Engineering to Journalism) was because engineering classes were so damn dull! The material was fun, but the people... good god, could they be any more boring? So the switch was on, though math became my minor.
Wow didn't see that coming....Sorry
let me rephrase that for you
May I please have a difficult algebra problem/question?
Difficult for whom? Here's one that should be simple for someone in high school algebra, but more problematic for those already graduated and in the (non-scientific) workforce.Simplify the following:
3a^2b^3c^-2 / (a^-1b^2c)^3
Do "^" mean multiplication? I believe it's * or x if so the answer is:
2/3?
The "^" symbol means "raised to the power of."In English, the problem is,
(Three times "a" squared) times (2 times "b" cubed) times (3 times "c" to the minus two) OVER quantity [("a" to the minus one) times ("b" squared) times ("c"):] cubed
Simple, really. :->
Phil wrote: "I loved math in school. Still do, many years later. A couple of months ago, an algebra II test randomly ended up on my lawn. First thing I did was bring it in and give it a go. :->
The only re..."
I am so envious. I didn't have the courage to change majors. I slogged out 6 years part/time in a business degree, with an accounting major. No wonder my brain has turned to mush. There wasn't a single subject that made it worth turning up. (The money is good though:-).)
The only re..."
I am so envious. I didn't have the courage to change majors. I slogged out 6 years part/time in a business degree, with an accounting major. No wonder my brain has turned to mush. There wasn't a single subject that made it worth turning up. (The money is good though:-).)
In comparison Engineering sounds fun!!! I loved maths at school too.
Phil wrote: "Simplify the following:3a^2b^3c^-2 / (a^-1b^2c)^3 "
The answer is
3a^5 / b^3c^5
To solve this problem, you first deal with the exponent on the denominator. That makes the bottom of your fraction look like:
a^(-3) b^6 c^3
Then we just need to simplify the fraction.
The 3 can stay where it is.
To simplify the "a" exponent, remember that a^(-3) is the same as 1/a^3. That means you multiply the top quantity by a^3, which means adding the exponents. It ends up as 3+2=5.
For the "b" exponent, note that you have b^3 in the numerator and b^6 in the denominator. Doing the division gives you a quantity in the denominator of 6-3=3.
For "c", the negative exponent in the numerator becomes positive when moved to the denominator. Multiply by the quantity already there and you have 3+2=5.
Clear as mud, right? It really would be easier if GR would allow the superscript HTML tag.
