Maths help

[Bego232]

Please can someone help me

 

Here is the question:-

 

Solve...

 

5(x-3)=x+10

 

 

 

Thanks to anyone that can help,

 

- Bego

[Nineshadow]

What is this?

 

Really?

 

...

 

It's 6.25 btw.

[Luc401]

Am i just factoring it?

[Bego232]

What is this?

 

Really?

 

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Why? what do you mean?

[jayctech]

What?

[Bego232]

Am i just factoring it?

Yeah I think

[shiftberry]

5(x-3)=x+10

 

5x-15=x+10

 

4x=25

 

x=25/4

 

you serious?

[Nineshadow]

Why? what do you mean?

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Are you trolling?

[Nathan]

what part are you having trouble with? we're not going to do your homework for you, but happy to help you learn to understand it

[Luc401]

5x - 15 = x+10

      +15      +15

5x=x+25

-x   -x

 

= 4x=25

 

25/4 = 6.25 

X=6.25

[Ganz]

5(x-3)=x+10

5x -15 = x + 10

4x - 25 = 0

4x = 25

x = 25/4

[rustikles]

So...uhhh.... You probably need to learn this yourself. Algebra is exceedingly important (assuming this isn't a troll).

 

5(x-3)=x+10

5x-15=x+10

4x=25

x=25/4

[Nineshadow]

@Bego232

You could use Wolfram Alpha as well.

[Bego232]

what part are you having trouble with? we're not going to do your homework for you, but happy to help you learn to understand it

All of it. I have done it before but i've just forgot how to do it

[xinfernus]

Dude what grade are you in?

[Sauron]

5x - 15 = x + 10

5x - 25 = x

4x = 25

x = 25/4

[Gr8White_Bear]

5(x-3)=x+10

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x=(x+10) + 3

       5

 

gosh darn it... did it wrong.

 

jk.. i know how to do this.

[Bego232]

thanks 2 every1 that helped

[GrimNeo]

LinusMathTips

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Okay so the first two people already had it right, so what?

The other few decided to regurgitate the same answer just to prove that they know it too and scold the OP?

[T.Vengeance]

Okay so the first two people already had it right, so what?

The other few decided to regurgitate the same answer just to prove that they know it too and scold the OP?

This^

 

But more over:

 

What is this?

 

Really?

 

...

 

It's 6.25 btw.

^calling you out. Everyone has different levels of math. Why do you have to be so condescending. I mean of course this is easy, but because I've already take first year engineering. Don't hate just because the question is "easy". And everyone here has already taken algebra. So it's easy for everyone who's saying "this is so simple".

[Nineshadow]

This^

 

But more over:

 

^calling you out. Everyone has different levels of math. Why do you have to be so condescending. I mean of course this is easy, but because I've already take first year engineering. Don't hate just because the question is "easy". And everyone here has already taken algebra. So it's easy for everyone who's saying "this is so simple".

It's not exactly about the difficulty of the question, as one's knowledge in a particular field varies very much. However, this is basic Maths. Everyone who goes through school should be able to solve this thing. But hey, he's at the moment when this is exactly what they are doing at Maths. I'm sure the teacher wouldn't have given them homework without first showing a few model examples. I think that one should try hard to solve his own problems. If he had kept working on the exercise and had looked at what they had done in their class I'm sure he would have managed to do it. Still...the easiest path for him was to ask online. Sure, it could have helped him understand the exercise, but it might not have thought him as much as if he would have done it himself. Also, in Maths exercise is everything. Without exercise, you're gonna get screwed sooner or later. Or he simply couldn't do it at all, in which case... I don't know what to say. If he had tried he should have showed us where he got to, but he didn't do that so I expected he didn't work on it too much.

[T.Vengeance]

It's not exactly about the difficulty of the question, as one's knowledge in a particular field varies very much. However, this is basic Maths. Everyone who goes through school should be able to solve this thing. But hey, he's at the moment when this is exactly what they are doing at Maths. I'm sure the teacher wouldn't have given them homework without first showing a few model examples. I think that one should try hard to solve his own problems. If he had kept working on the exercise and had looked at what they had done in their class I'm sure he would have managed to do it. Still...the easiest path for him was to ask online. Sure, it could have helped him understand the exercise, but it might not have thought him as much as if he would have done it himself. Also, in Maths exercise is everything. Without exercise, you're gonna get screwed sooner or later.

 

Good point. I definitely agree with that last line. I hate it when people say "I'm just not a math person. I don't get numbers". Honestly speaking, that's such a bullshit excuse. No one's born being good at math, unless you really are a genius (which is so unlikely). It's just all about the amount of exposure you have and the amount of homework you do.

 

BUT, in the same respect though, it isn't like he's asking for help in ALL of his questions. Sometimes when I'm stuck on figuring out whether a series is divergent or convergent, I do need to consult the solutions manual. It's not "cheating" if its homework, because ultimately if you see how it's done, and remember it, then that is equally as important as solving it by yourself. That is after all, what learning math is. Learn the process of how things are done, and from that knowledge comes in the creativity part to apply those processes to solve problems.

[Nineshadow]

Good point. I definitely agree with that last line. I hate it when people say "I'm just not a math person. I don't get numbers". Honestly speaking, that's such a bullshit excuse. No one's born being good at math, unless you really are a genius (which is so unlikely). It's just all about the amount of exposure you have and the amount of homework you do.

 

BUT, in the same respect though, it isn't like he's asking for help in ALL of his questions. Sometimes when I'm stuck on figuring out whether a series is divergent or convergent, I do need to consult the solutions manual. It's not "cheating" if its homework, because ultimately if you see how it's done, and remember it, then that is equally as important as solving it by yourself. That is after all, what learning math is. Learn the process of how things are done, and from that knowledge comes in the creativity part to apply those processes to solve problems.

Yeah. I might have exaggerated a little.