Month: March 2011
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Rotten Tomatoes, Linear Equations, Ratio and Proportion
This problem came about because I was talking about solving the equation 4x + y = – 14 for y and there was a little confusion about how I could subtract 4x from – 14. Although this was really a problem with combining like terms, I figured that now was as good of a time…
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New Application Problems from the Classroom
Here are few more problems that I came up with during today’s class: 1. Clyde owed 8 different people $4 each for some doughnuts that he bought to eat on his birthday. Then when he wasn’t looking, Hellman’s stole $4 from Clyde’s wallet. In order to reclaim his debt, Clyde needed to split up his…
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