11-05-2005, 07:01 PM
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I turned this into an algebra sum again... (not sure if I'm right)
Let the price of the cutlery be x
x/5=x/7 +2
7x = 5x +70
2x = 70
x =35
Now is this just a high falutin way to get to the answer which could just as easily have been gotten by multiplying 5 and 7?
I turned this into an algebra sum again... (not sure if I'm right)
Let the price of the cutlery be x
x/5=x/7 +2
7x = 5x +70
2x = 70
x =35
Now is this just a high falutin way to get to the answer which could just as easily have been gotten by multiplying 5 and 7?