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Yup. They just don't recognize it without the X expressly written to be solved for. Life poses a question to be answered instead of telling you to solve for X. If you need 2 eggs per batch to make enough of something for six people, how many eggs to you need to make a batch large enough to feed 15 people?
2/6 = x/15 - Solve for x
But I would never think of it that way in real life. I just use simple reasoning, not some sort of equation with a bunch of steps. I cannot do algebra. I gave up trying to get a degree in my 20s because I failed the "remedial" algebra course and knew I'd never be able to complete the math requirement regardless of the fact that I got As in English and Psychology and Accounting. That part of my brain simply doesn't function. I sat in that remedial class and thought I'd gotten it, only to have it leave my brain once I walked out of the classroom. Looking at my homework problems the next day would be like trying to decipher ancient hieroglyphics. It made no sense.
In seconds after I read the problem above I knew I'd need five eggs. There's no "calculation" involved. Two for six means four for twelve and then the remaining three is half of six so you need one more. It's logic.
And yes, like Jasper 12, I've had a decent job all my life, currently making just over six figures, and I've never needed algebra once in 35 years. It's biting me, however, because I can't leave my job and go elsewhere because I have no degree because I'm unable to learn algebra. Oh well. At this age, it really doesn't matter anymore.
You probably think I just want to have pity parties, rather than get advice.
I can only go by history...
So what advice do you want? So far you haven't really asked for any, or taken any that was freely offered. Think hard: what question do you have?
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Yup. They just don't recognize it without the X expressly written to be solved for. Life poses a question to be answered instead of telling you to solve for X. If you need 2 eggs per batch to make enough of something for six people, how many eggs to you need to make a batch large enough to feed 15 people?
