Sunday, December 18, 2005

Questionable Stories

This is how you turn a story into an equation. Read the story below:

It is 35 kilometres from Crow Beak to Black Hampstead. Noselie Picket takes
three days to travel from CB to BH. On day 1 he travels x kilometres.
On day 2 he travels x kilometres again. On day three, he travels five
miles.

How far does he travel on day 1?


This story can actually be turned into an equation, like this:

2x + 5 = 35

2x = 35 - 5

2x = 30

x = 30/2

x = 15




So we can say that Noselie travels 15 miles on day 1. Of course he also travels 15 miles on day 2.

I hope you understand this explanation.

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