Division Algorithm: 15÷29=0 R15 Linear Equation

[Dustinsfl]

Find the quotient and the remainder when 15 is divided by 29. Use the division algorithm to write your answer as a linear equation (i.e., use the division algorithm to write 15 divided by 29 as a linear equation)

I wrote 15=29*0+15 but this problem was marked wrong when I submitted it.

How should it be written?

 

[Mark44]

Find the quotient and the remainder when 15 is divided by 29. Use the division algorithm to write your answer as a linear equation (i.e., use the division algorithm to write 15 divided by 29 as a linear equation)

I wrote 15=29*0+15 but this problem was marked wrong when I submitted it.

How should it be written?

Maybe it was looking for 15 = 0*29 + 15.

 

[Dustinsfl]

Maybe it was looking for 15 = 0*29 + 15.

0*29 and 29*0 doesn't change the anything

 

[Mark44]

Right. I'm assuming that you are submitting this to some sort of computer application. If the application is brain-dead and looking for input in one way, it might not have the program logic to know that what you entered is equivalent to what I wrote.

I don't see anything wrong with your answer - I'm just trying to come up with an explanation of why it might have been marked wrong, that's all.