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my daughter just came and asked me to help her with her home work. she showed me a problem and my responce to her was if someone held a gun to my head and said do this problem or i will shoot you i would tell them just shoot me. ((3mn/2)exponent -1)exponent -4 simplify the equation do any of you know how to do this mess? >:(

Is this the exact way that the problem is written on her paper?

yes exept the exponent thang is just a little number in the upper right like -4 ???

Yeah...I remember alil from high school at least enough to hopefully steer you the right way

My boy's goggle the problem, type it in the search box just like it's on the work sheet.  LoL

I think the answer is    81 m^4 n^4/16 I will double check

I'm pretty sure that's the answer Silverton, if not were both wrong and we needa get some lessons  ;D

thats what I got

thats it  ;D, got another one?

the ^-4 cancels out the ^-1, (two negatives equal a positive) so your left with (3mn/2)^4

3x3x3x3 =81

2x2x2x2 =16

m^4
n^4

it should look like

81m^4n^4
LINE
16

she said that was what she got too but she didnt know if she was doing right. OK now for the real question.... have any of you all ever NEEDED to know how to work a problem like this in life? i for one have not! >:D

Heck no, Im still in school, this is my third year to put off college algebra but I have decided Im gonna sign for baseball before I have to take some crazy college math  ;D

Its the building block for matrix calculus, and that can be a very useful tool for price prediction and other forcasting models. And its good brain exersise  ;D

I hate brain exercises! I would rather exercise my dogs!

But thats what all my highschool teachers told me, when I told them I will never use this, they would say "its for problem solving skills". To this day it has yet to help me solve any problems haha

OK did I miss something? Where is the = in the equation?

damb paul i thought you were just a simple cowpoke ;D just joking! some of you guys amaze me.lol thanks for the help but i am lost for sure ;D

Cowboy with an economics degree  ;D

gotta love it ;D

((3mn/2)exponent -1)exponent -4

[(3mn/2)^-1]^-4

simplifies to: 81 m^4 n^4 / 16

Man, I feel sorry for my kids.  They are screwed unless thier momma remembers this stuff.  If I dont need it to calculate drug dosages or drip rates for EMS or to figure pump pressures while pumping the engine, I dont remember any of it.  Its kinda sad cause I was pretty good at it when I set my mind to it.

Not economics it is algebra. Come on man. ;D It falls under distribution. The -1 exponent and the -4 exponent the negatives cancel out and the the exponent of 4 is distributed. 4^2=16 is the same as 2^2*2^2=16 is the same as 8^2/2^2=16 and so on the exponent can be distributed to the derivatives. Numbers are logical. Just do not use begs the question if you do not know what it means or I will go into an explanation of terms of logic. Just do not ask me to remember any names. ;D

I dont get it. ??? ??? ???

Where are you signing at?

I got this in an email a few minutes ago, it's a fun little brain teaser.


If:
2 + 3 = 10
7 + 2 = 63
6 + 5 = 66
8 + 4 = 96

Then:
9 + 7 = ????

144

144 or just 16  ;D

Bryant,  

     That's what I got too, though it did take me a couple of minutes to figure out   My biggest problem with math has always been coming up with the correct number, but not really knowing how I did it. ;D  Teachers always got on to me for not showing my work....

Whoever drafts me I guess, I was at Weatherford Jr College last year and didnt pitch a whole lot commin off of arm surgery, but got drafted by the Mets, I decided not to sign though. I wanted to go to a 4 year school and get some more innings, and more money, so now Im a sophmore at Texas Tech. Plan on signin this year though, If not this year then next year I will for sure.

Need help with algebra get a tutor.  Most schools have a math lab. Just camp out there. I needed the writing lab. But when they see you really trying to learn they will really try to help.

thats good man go get some free college :).

PEACHCREEK, I ASKED MY ALGEBRA TEACHER IN HS AND COLLEGE THE EXACT SAME THING, BOTH OF THEIR RESPONSES WAS "YOU MAY NOT, BUT YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PROPER STEPS TO TAKE TO GET THROUGH A PROBLEM IN LIFE."  I LAUGHED AND GOT SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL IN HS, IN COLLEGE I DIDNT LAUGH SO MUCH I LIKED MY PROFESSOR.  IF I HAVE A PROBLEM IN LIFE THAT IS THAT DIFFICULT, ILL JUST SAY PISS ON IT HAHA.

While I have not used that exact thing it is similar to logical reasoning. Learning how to process the information logically is how many people approach many problems without realizing it. I did not realize just how much it comes into play until I took Symbolic Logic. You take an argument turn it into symbols and apply rules similar to Algebra. Now that I have used many times. There is a reason people do not like to argue with me. I do not argue points I analyze their argument and prove the argument wrong. It is an outstanding problem solving tool and good way to approach many problems in life. Stop think about it as math and think about it as a way of thinking and how to solve a problem without knowing all the facts. I think Algebra helps more than math. I can get a calculator to tell me 2+2 but when you do not know what you are dealing with and life is full of variables it gives you a way to tackle many of life's problems. If not it will kill your GPA too ;D

149

If:
2 + 3 = 10   5=10
7 + 2 = 63   9=63
6 + 5 = 66  11=66
8 + 4 = 96  12=96

solve for 9+7= x

9=63

7 = 12-5     7 = 96-10 therefore 7 = 86


9 + 7 = 63 + 86

63 + 86 = 149

9x9 81
9x7 63
144

how did you get 149?

ok silverton show your work ;D i tried to figure it out for about two minutes and could not find a similarity or anything in common ???

If:
2 + 3 = 10   5=10
7 + 2 = 63   9=63
6 + 5 = 66  11=66
8 + 4 = 96  12=96

solve for 9+7= x

9=63

7 = 12-5     7 = 96-10 therefore 7 = 86


9 + 7 = 63 + 86

63 + 86 = 149

X = 149

2(2+3)=10
7(7+2)=63
6(6+5)=66

see it now?

I got 144

Thats the pattern I picked up

I love doing these problems, don't know who is correct. Who has got another one  ;D

this i can see,,, the deal paul was showing had me really scratchin my head.. 7=12-5 ??

I did it the same as matt add the two numbers then times that number by the first digit 144

X2 I never would have thought about doing it your way but I see how you did it.

My last calculus professor used to tell me the same thing   ;D

Silverton it took me 15 minutes to figure out where u were getting that from man that is a different way of seeing it lol 

Here yall go. Kurt was 1 year old when the family dog Jake was born. When Kurt was 8, he was twice as old as his little sister Katie. Their second dog, Kirby, was born when Katie was 2 years old. Now Katie is 2/3 the age of Kurt, and Kirby is 3 times as old as their cat Hunter.

How old are the kids, dogs, and cat now?

duhh how is katie now 2/3 the age of kurt when she was half the age of kurt when he was 8? i need to stop reading this thread it makes my head hurt ;D

im with you peach creek how was she  half  then 2/3 .. im confused which aint hard ,ill njust wait to see the answer ;D

Kirt = X                             Kirt = 12, Katie = 8,  Kirby = 6, Jake = 11, Hunter = 2
Jake = X-1
Katie = X-4
Kirby = (X-4)-2
Hunter = ((X-4)-2) /3

sounds right to me! Enough math problems... who wants to do an English paper  >:D (its against the banning of the Amerian Pit Bull Terrier  ;D )

I can tell you the format you should use depending on who you are sending it to. Make sure you use an outline of the ideas you want communicated and divide them into subjects. I prefer to have one main point per letter with the main support subject that are factual. Then in the subjects I put the ideas I want communicated that go with the facts in a logical manner. The basic essay format is good. The intern can read the intro paragraph and know where it goes. There are some good techniques to persuade people's thoughts. I wrote a paper about Edgar Allen Poe and said that he was a comedian. His works were dark and morbid. But people read my paper and thought my silly interpretation of his work was correct. The point is to balance fact and opinion but also the opinions must be tied to fact. A well crafted letter should take time but it is very powerful.

Its just a paper for my english class at tech, it is a "literature review". Im planning on writin it kinda how you said, with just very little opinion. It basically suposed to be a review of the information available from peer reviewed sources (basically professional sources) to make the point you are trying to make. Lots of research and reading, I have a bagillion sources and around 200 pages I have printed off of research. I have been skimming through and highlighting for the past two days. Besides baseball and ETHD math problems, this paper is all I been doin this week haha!

What about....

9+7=16

11+5=16 also

so...

66+10=76

So using that logic it could also be 76.  ???

the horrible part of algebra is you usually have to find several answers

if a two hundred pound hog six feet long is running perpendicular to you at 10 miles and hour and you have a .45acp which travels at 850 fps how far do you need to lead it to make a head shot?  Now thats a math problem that is useful... ;)  :D :D

well on the top where it says 2+3=10    5=10
                                         7+3=63    9=63


its simply using the rules of algebra therfore the 3 doesnt exist its just a use of an equation so your just doing 5x2 or 7x9... simple.

9+7=16       so         9x16=144

So the answer is 144 then ???

This makes sense now!  ;)

I took colege algebra my senior year of high school online, made a D and moved on with life, all I learned from that class was D=diploma I started college as a business major, took one accounting test and now I'm an ag major  :D

I wrote a goverment paper on bsl, and a story to be published In the Tarleton j-tac for my news writing class about bsl, last semester I did a research project on feral hogs and made a hunting video for a digital video production class, school is alot easier when you get to do things you enjoy

I remember when I walked into statistics in college.  First day, professor says, "Im Dr So and So and this is Statistics 101"....I have no idea what the hell happened after that!....Still a blurrrrr :)


Jerryg

lol just came across this post, i love math and will help out in future problems if needed.  My love for math is definitely driven by a God given gift for it.  Out of 300 math questions ranging from basic algebra to calculus on the College entrance exam (just a few years back  :P ) i scored a perfect 300.  They put me in honors calculus my freshman year and i aced the final lol.  I guess i'm like Paul, hog hunter, horseman, outdoorsman with a love for mathmatics.  I did good in other subjects too, but really would hate to help on that english paper Tcolt hahahaha
Here's a good one:

Maver!ck + English Paper =  ( :'( )^100
 

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