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[chess]

y/x + y/x+n = p is the general form of the annoying equation thing from the exam - knows are y, n and p, so x needs to be found in terms of y, n and p.

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Re: Solving the maths

[marble.livejournal.com]

*sigh* There was a time I'd have been able to do that. (Well, I could probably still have done the bit you went through, but I haven't used the quadratic formula or completed the square since my A Level days, over 7 years ago...)

Re: Solving the maths

[passage.livejournal.com]

Actualy she had numbers which gave something that factorised nicely so you wouldn't have needed the knowledge (really poilt the question that, I was quite impressed with it for a while).

Neil, who can't really talk being as he's just discovered he can't do maths.