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Cyrilshark
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Hey guys. So first off, I'm homeschooled. I have a math class every week though, but only being weekly, it's really easy to forget things my teacher explained and all, and in addition to that, I have a bad memory, and I resent math (or rather, numbers. ::P)
Alright, so I remember doing these two problems, and most of the time I can even remember most of the steps, but not all of them.
First:
0.06x + 0.24 - 0.02x = 0.36
So at first, I thought the x's resembled the next digit in the decimal, so the for first, it could be equal to 0.063, 0.068, etc. But after a few attempts trying to figure that out (I don't know the actual method of solving it, so I just threw random numbers as x, hoping to get close, and just slowly home into the answer, as it were. Anyways, that didn't work. Then I started to think the x meant multiplication, since a number with a variable immediately after it means to multiply, but that would work because of the addition sign before 0.24. So there's an example of what must be extremely simple, that I can't figure out.
Second:
y - (2y - 1) + 3 = 2y + 7
Here, I at first just tried different numbers as y, as I normally do when I can't figure it out, but after many failed attempts, I gave up. Then, after a bit, I decided maybe I should try moving some numbers to the other side. I know it sounds stupid, but it seems that's ALWAYS the answer when my teacher shows me how to do the problems I couldn't do. Anyways, so I subtracted 7 from the right, and added 7 to the left. And that's as far as I got. :P Because there wasn't really anything else I could've done. So, if you can help, it'd be appreciated, but if I didn't show enough that I attempted these, I completely understand.
Thanks!
Cyril
Alright, so I remember doing these two problems, and most of the time I can even remember most of the steps, but not all of them.
First:
0.06x + 0.24 - 0.02x = 0.36
So at first, I thought the x's resembled the next digit in the decimal, so the for first, it could be equal to 0.063, 0.068, etc. But after a few attempts trying to figure that out (I don't know the actual method of solving it, so I just threw random numbers as x, hoping to get close, and just slowly home into the answer, as it were. Anyways, that didn't work. Then I started to think the x meant multiplication, since a number with a variable immediately after it means to multiply, but that would work because of the addition sign before 0.24. So there's an example of what must be extremely simple, that I can't figure out.
Second:
y - (2y - 1) + 3 = 2y + 7
Here, I at first just tried different numbers as y, as I normally do when I can't figure it out, but after many failed attempts, I gave up. Then, after a bit, I decided maybe I should try moving some numbers to the other side. I know it sounds stupid, but it seems that's ALWAYS the answer when my teacher shows me how to do the problems I couldn't do. Anyways, so I subtracted 7 from the right, and added 7 to the left. And that's as far as I got. :P Because there wasn't really anything else I could've done. So, if you can help, it'd be appreciated, but if I didn't show enough that I attempted these, I completely understand.
Thanks!
Cyril