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29 December 2005Google algebra?This Google query came in this morning: I know Google can do arithmetic, but I wasn't aware that they could solve equations for x. (And if they could, there would have been no reason to send this poor shlub to my site.) By the way, she's twelve. Posted at 8:10 AM to PEBKACTwelve? Posted by: McGehee at 9:37 AM on 29 December 2005Oops -- I solved before I saw the last line of the post. Posted by: McGehee at 9:38 AM on 29 December 2005x+2 = 2(x-5) x+2 = 2x-10 add 10 and subtract x from both sides: x+2+10-x = 2x-10+10-x 12 = x In case future Googlers wonder how McGeehee knew :) Posted by: Matt at 12:38 PM on 29 December 2005Which will be incorporated into a future Google enhancement called "ShowYourWork." |