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I can answer questions in basic algebra and any grade school math.

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Love math, currently helping my nephew get through Intermediate Algebra.

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I majored in Math Ed in college (but decided not to teach), so have over 40 credits of math.

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2009-11-06 Subitution Math Problem:

You take the value of y, which is 9x-28 and you fill that into the second equation for y. 8x - 3(9x-28) = 27 Do the multiplication 8x - 27x + 84 = 27 add like terms -19x + 84 = 27 subtract

2009-11-05 5th grade Applications Problem:

PaRKER SCORED 14 PTS per game, so pts for the season would be 102 * 14 = 1428 The team scored 45 rebounds, so for 82 games, they scored 82*45 = 3690 Duncan, Parker nad Ginobili assisted 3+6+4 times

2009-11-05 Elimination and Substitution:

Take the equations with only 2 variable and solve them for a and b, then fill those values into the 3rd equation to solve for c 2a+c = -10 (a = (-10-c)/2)) b-c = -15 (b= c-15) a-2b+c=-5 (-10-c)/2)

2009-11-05 help:

3 1/2 = 3.5 (1 divided by 2 = .5) and 2 1/4 = 2.25 (1 divided by 4 = .25) so, to find out how many meters he climbed in 2.25 minutes, you multiply 3.5 times 2.25. If you keep the fractions, you need

2009-11-04 math crap:

When you're solving for a variable, you have to isolate the variable and in order to do that, you have to "undo" everything that has been done to it. In your example, v is multiplied by 2/3, so you need

 

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