Dum dee dum dum . . . .

Yep, no probs 

You can post your answer here y'know

Or face the bunny !!!

 

I CAN WAIT . . .

answer -1

 

Soozy I LOVE THE FLYING BUNNY!!

Nice SAINT-like bunny there Soozy

 

Sooooo - does anyone else have an answer other than ERINP?

no need to shout Saint

Well erm . . . thought you all maybe hard of hearing

It's all about transposition. As you change sides you reverse signs. I would agree with erinp. Excuse the delay, mrs Jer and I went to watch the football, and have a modest scoop.

BOTH of you are correct !!! And are the exception that proves the rule

HIGH FIVE !!!

5x-6 = 3x-8

 

Discover the property of x

 

5x-6 = 3x-8

5x-3x = +6-8

2x = -2

x = -1

 

ergo:

5 x (-1) - 6 = 3 x (-1) -8

-5-6 = -3-8

-11 = -11

Ahem.....Did I not also agree with Joe?

I didn't post the answer because you were giving 90 minutes. I didn't want to spoil it for anyone.

In my book that's called 'copyinng'

Hahaha

For FLUFFY only - NO HELPING

 

2(3x - 7) + 4 (3 x + 2) = 6 (5 x + 9 ) + 3

THis is taking an awful long time !!!

x = -5.25 - unless you have not expressed it properly.

 

This equation evaluates to:-

18x - 6 = 30x + 57

-63 = 12x

You need to find the quantity of x

 

You are RIGHT so far   but failed to complete

 

Answer is x = -21/4

If you read my reply PROPERLY you will see that that is the first thing I said!

Of course i didn;t read it properly!!!

If you read back you'll see i said i'm operating as a 7yr old

Hmmm I got a different answer to that but then i'm no mathematician 

What did you get moonie?

The rules of maths say:-

Resolve all brackets first

Then do any multiplication and division

Lastly do addition and subtraction.

 

You can transpose figures from one side of the equation to the other, but if you do you have to change the sign. eg. addition on one side becomes subtraction on the other and vice versa, Similarly multiplication swaps with division.

Gives Saint 25 lines, for inattention.

No one likes a bliddy smarty pants

Well someone's got to keep you rowdy 7-year-olds in check!

I think that the term you seek is BODMAS. Although TBF that comes from the days when your baldy napper Maths Master was likely to throw a blackboard rubber at under performing students. It may have evolved.

I got -1 but hey I am bound to be wrong 

I am an absolute dodo as regards maths etc.I favoured English,history, art,design.I  was okay at primary with numbers until we got a mental arithmetic test ..I got 6/100,the teacher made me do it again,same result 6 out of a hundred.

I was okay in the first two years of secondary school passing exams in maths and arithmetic,then third year  and letters and squigly symbols and forumlas were introduced,my brain melted.

I  can count etc ,just  don't ask me how many litres of water are displaced in a cistern when the ballcock is lowered ..ohh matron!

I dismiss metric measurements from my mind. I am an Imperial man 

At least you were on the correct side of zero!

 

-1 was the answer to Saint's original question, but what I was answering there was the one he set for me alone.

FOX WITH CAR ON ITS HEAD !!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...stuck-car-wheel.html

 right soz 

See! This is my point. We need team work or socialism if you will. For every scientific genius such as, ahem, me, we need someone who understands the difference between conditional simple and conditional progressive, can spell big words, design adverts, perform effective double entendres, and know for how long the 100 years war lasted, or who it was fought by.