That’s a system of equations, isn’t it? 3O = 4.5A; O+A = 30. Isolate O in the second equation, solve for A in the first equation, etc. Paige is about the right age to be doing that in algebra class.
But if the orange left Cincinnati at 9 AM traveling east at 60 miles an hour, where will it meet the apple that left Buffalo at 8:30 AM traveling west at 65 miles an hour?
Robert4170 12 days ago
Apples cost 12 cents each. Oranges are 18 cents each.
Algolei I 12 days ago
This is why I eat bananas.
Kroykali 12 days ago
I DO NOT have to do word math problems at 7 AM.
Anymore.
pdeason2 12 days ago
I can remember when apples were 12 cents and oranges were 15 cents, that makes me old as dirt now.
belgarathmth 12 days ago
That’s a system of equations, isn’t it? 3O = 4.5A; O+A = 30. Isolate O in the second equation, solve for A in the first equation, etc. Paige is about the right age to be doing that in algebra class.
morningglory73 Premium Member 12 days ago
I still hate math story problems and we used to call it arithmetic not math.
tygrkhat40 12 days ago
I can read with speed and comprehension. But math word problems were the bane of my educational years.
Angry Indeed Premium Member 12 days ago
I took college physics and it was pretty much word problems. I hated it in high school but excelled on it in college.
Alberta Oil Premium Member 12 days ago
Really dates this cartoon doesn’t it. At $4.50 a pound it’s hard to find an apple that costs less than a dollar, a small crab perhaps.
mindjob 12 days ago
But if the orange left Cincinnati at 9 AM traveling east at 60 miles an hour, where will it meet the apple that left Buffalo at 8:30 AM traveling west at 65 miles an hour?
David 12 days ago
3o = 9a/2; o+a = 30; o = ?
M.K.Staffeld 12 days ago
Yeah, the looks on everyone’s faces in math classes when the teachers would say ‘word problems’…
Strawberry King 12 days ago
What color were the apples?
dpatrickryan Premium Member 12 days ago
3R=9A/2 and R+A=30
A=30-R so 3R=9/2 (30-R)
3R=135-9R/2
15R/2=135
R=18
Sanspareil 11 days ago
In any case the Kessel run was done in 3 microseconds when warp 7 was developed!
josh_bisbee 11 days ago
That sounds more like a brain teaser than a math problem
DarkHorseSki 9 days ago
18 cents