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ORIGINAL: DomKen

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ORIGINAL: Raechard

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ORIGINAL: stella41b
My Maths teacher once asked me to explain 4x + 2y = 36 and I told him it was 'complete gibberish'. I got detention. But I'm right.

4x+2y=36
y=36-4x/2
4x+36-4x=36
4x-4x=0 (x=y)
4x+2x=36
36/6=x
x=6

4*6+2*6=36

and then I got a life.[:D]

bzzt wrong.
You showed your work so you get partial credit I guess.

4x + 2y =36 describes a line on a standard x/y axis graph. The simplest way to describe a line is to identify two points that are on the line and then the line can simply be drawn through those points.

In this case I'll use the simple approach and solve the equation in the cae where x and y are 0.
4x + 2(0) = 36
4x = 36
x = 9
therefore the first point is (9,0)

The second case
4(0) + 2y = 36
2y = 36
y =18

therefore the second point is (0,18)

connect those points on graph paper using a straight edge and you find that every pair of numbers on the line is a valid solution for the equation.

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave

Dovie, In which dimension do you exist ? lol

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ORIGINAL: dovie

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ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave
Dovie, In which dimension do you exist ? lol

~smiles~
Kaluza-Klein, Calabi-Yau space Braneworld...err dimension?
nth[8|]  and sometimes on planet Arrakis kiss dovie
seeks.. after all the erotic math stimulus you so graciously provided, i had to perv you....love the P-funk shades.....