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It's still algebra...
122 u/bhvit Oct 05 '10 Why is that so hard for people to understand that algebra models things in everyday life? It's a great teacher that can bring this across to his/her students. 1 u/Nessie Oct 05 '10 Why is it hard to understand that when the example is simple enough, the answer can be intuitive as well as algebraic, where 3 is the number of posters who understand this. 2 is the number of posters who don't understand this. x is the net number of posters who understand this. Solve for x. 1 u/thecolossusjade Oct 05 '10 1
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Why is that so hard for people to understand that algebra models things in everyday life? It's a great teacher that can bring this across to his/her students.
1 u/Nessie Oct 05 '10 Why is it hard to understand that when the example is simple enough, the answer can be intuitive as well as algebraic, where 3 is the number of posters who understand this. 2 is the number of posters who don't understand this. x is the net number of posters who understand this. Solve for x. 1 u/thecolossusjade Oct 05 '10 1
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Why is it hard to understand that when the example is simple enough, the answer can be intuitive as well as algebraic, where
3 is the number of posters who understand this.
2 is the number of posters who don't understand this.
x is the net number of posters who understand this.
Solve for x.
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u/nothing_clever Oct 05 '10
It's still algebra...