[LMB] AKICOTL: very OT - interpreting an algebra question

[Becca]

--- David Bernat <dbernat at gol.com> wrote:


> As I understand it, the equation is X+X+25+15=66. 2X+25=51.
> X=13.
> X+25=38.

ok, that makes sense. Thank you, David and Jim - your
explanations helped a lot. 

I think I was reading too much into it... I was trying to make
it work out to 100% of all online adults, figuring that 66% was
a red herring (they do that to us on occasion.) 

I agree, Jim, I think it's poorly worded. several of the other
story problems in that section are, too, and depending on which
way you interpret it, you get different equations.

(some days, I find working equations to be soothing. Other
times, I really wonder if the myth is true, and 'algebra' and
'gibberish' do have the same root word.)

-becca, determined to get this *eventually*

"In a text based environment,
 there's nothing *but* semantics"

-Furp


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