I have messed with this hw for over an hour and this is a last resort for me. I don't know if I'm overthinking it, or I'm just mentally exhausted or what, but here it goes.....

I need to get y by itself:

(5p/3)y + y = 1

*It doesn't look that hard, but I can't figure it out to save my life, hopefully somebody out there can show me how.

4/19/2013 9:31:58 PM

(5p/3 + 1)y = 1 to simplify y, instead of having it across two terms

divide by (5p/3 + 1) to give:

y = 1/(5p/3 + 1)

[Edited on April 19, 2013 at 10:29 PM. Reason : ]

4/19/2013 10:26:44 PM

I'm missing the connection on why you got rid of one of the y's on your first step. The last step makes sense, though.

4/19/2013 10:34:21 PM

^
(5p/3)y + y = 1

factor out y

y(5p/3 + 1) = 1


the question remains, however, on how you made it into college without being able to perform basic algebra?

[Edited on April 19, 2013 at 10:41 PM. Reason : not even trying to be a dick, wondering if there is any form of basic requirements now]

4/19/2013 10:40:11 PM

Well, the problem that I was working on was telling us to do it in a much different way, which is why I wasn't even thinking about this particular way. Having said that, there's no need to be a douche and try to judge my intelligence by a single post on a thread. You're probably some engineering or math nerd.....kudos to you, but my strength is in the business and accounting realm. I'm not such a douche to talk down to a fellow student who has a random brain fart about something basic in business or accounting.......that's the UNC way.......you're better than that.

4/19/2013 10:47:32 PM

Quote :

"math nerd.....kudos to you, but my strength is in the business and accounting realm"

lol not rly, math is fundamental to accounting, and this manipulation does not require "nerd" levels of understanding

Now what is this "much different way" of which you speak?


As for ndmetcal, the official requirements do say that an applicant needs to have taken Algebra I-II and two other math classes (this is freshman admission, but transfer admission requires at least "a college-level math course" in addition, and for the School of Management, you need calculus to transfer in): http://admissions.ncsu.edu/how-apply/admission-profile/get-in.php
...but then there's this non-credit remedial class called MA 101: http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/reg_records/crs_cat/MA.html#MA 101

4/20/2013 1:09:57 AM

Fishstix76 PWNT! Stay home!

Also, you got the help you requested, so who is really being the douche?

4/20/2013 10:36:01 AM

Middle school called. It wants its homework problem back.

4/20/2013 7:28:29 PM

Quote :

"Well, the problem that I was working on was telling us to do it in a much different way"

Which would be...?

The only other way than factoring is to combine the coefficients of the two terms on the left so you get one term, i.e., add 5p/3 and 1. That is (5p+3)/3.

so your equations becomes

(5p+3)y/3 = 1

and so

y = 3/(5p+3)

But if you do it with factoring, you still have to do the same thing on the other side.

so it is all the same.

SO, WHAT IS THIS "MUCH DIFFERENT WAY"?

4/21/2013 6:49:24 AM

Please guys, I have a math test tonight!

4/21/2013 2:51:29 PM

Quote :

"I'm missing the connection on why you got rid of one of the y's on your first step. The last step makes sense, though."

you could also go another route (not using the distributive property) to get to the same result:

(5p/3)y + y = 1

divide both sides by y:

5p/3 + 1 = 1/y

then take the inverse of both sides:

1/(5/3p + 1) = y

[Edited on April 21, 2013 at 2:59 PM. Reason : you guys know that insulting him won't make him any smarter, right?]

4/21/2013 2:59:23 PM

You know that whatever we *do* won't make him smarter, but it's just more fun to point out that he shoulda learned this shit years ago, esp. when he calls one of us "some engineering or math nerd" just for knowing middle-school algebra, right?

4/21/2013 5:03:30 PM

the funniest part is thinking that engineers are good at math, after undergrad the days of deriving anything is over. engineers are terrible at math, its all about knowing standards.

4/21/2013 5:16:34 PM

No, the first response was truly helpful and I'm appreciative. I had a brain fart.......that's it. It happens to the best of us and yes the guy was being a douche, because he felt the need to pounce. By the way, I wasn't referring to him as an engineering nerd because his strength is math, I referred to him as one because I've found that engineering majors tend to be the ones on these posts being douche-like. I guess I'm just amazed at the immaturity of a person to come on here looking to basically bully somebody over one question they had.....it's pretty pathetic to judge so quickly and harshly....that's my point.

4/21/2013 10:34:05 PM

To Lewis,

You must have a ton of time on your hands buddy. I transferred in with a 3.9 GPA through two years of college, I slipped and made a B in Calculus. I have more than satisfied the requirements to get into NCSU. I had a brain fart........that simple, calm down.

4/21/2013 10:36:37 PM

To StillFuchsia, thanks for the help......I appreciate it. It's a shame other people on these boards aren't like you and try to be helpful to their fellow NCSU students.

4/21/2013 10:39:48 PM

TBQH, I would have made a post like his if I got the first reply, but when I saw the thread you said that ndmetcal was "probably some engineering or math nerd" so the gloves were off.

4/21/2013 11:29:41 PM

[Edited on April 21, 2013 at 11:30 PM. Reason : TBQH, I made a double-post.

4/21/2013 11:29:41 PM

Haha, so glad I accidentally clicked Study Hall tonight.

Looks like someone is a little hypersensitive...

4/21/2013 11:57:36 PM

LOL.

Math nerd. Basic Algebra. Accounting.

This is great.

4/22/2013 3:23:57 PM

WHY YOU NO http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%285p%2F3%29y+%2B+y+%3D+1%2C+solve+yWOLFRAMALPHA?!?!

4/23/2013 12:14:01 PM

Because the Wolfram is an Alpha nerd, and the OP wished to not associate with nerds.

4/23/2013 4:30:59 PM

Quote :

"To StillFuchsia, thanks for the help......I appreciate it. It's a shame other people on these boards aren't like you and try to be helpful to their fellow NCSU students."

No prob

Quote :

"By the way, I wasn't referring to him as an engineering nerd because his strength is math, I referred to him as one because I've found that engineering majors tend to be the ones on these posts being douche-like."

... though I was an engineering major

[Edited on April 23, 2013 at 8:41 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2013 8:41:19 PM

ahahahaha this is hilarious. im learning disabled in math and even i was like really?. THANK GOD THERE IS NO MATH IN ACCOUNTING

4/26/2013 9:56:57 AM

You guys are mean. We've all been stuck on something easy before, no need to grill Fishstix76.

mmm grilled fishstix

4/26/2013 10:20:03 AM

Quote :

"THANK GOD THERE IS NO MATH IN ACCOUNTING"

The only math you really need for accounting is how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. And you really don't even need that since we all use Excel anyway.

4/26/2013 3:02:04 PM

now if you wanna be creative with your accounting OTOH

4/26/2013 4:13:00 PM

another shining example of tww rolling out the red carpet for new users

4/28/2013 2:12:00 PM

Quote :

"It's a shame other people on these boards aren't like you and try to be helpful to their fellow NCSU students."

The words of a new former user.

and people wonder...

[Edited on April 28, 2013 at 11:18 PM. Reason : but we've known this for years ]

4/28/2013 11:15:49 PM

Quote :

"but when I saw the thread you said that ndmetcal was "probably some engineering or math nerd" so the gloves were off."

who gives a shit? if i were to call someone a "math nerd", i would say it to mean someone who is good at math. context clues indicate fishstix meant the same thing.

just looking for someone lower on the food chain to take your angst out on?

[Edited on April 29, 2013 at 1:13 AM. Reason : s]

4/29/2013 1:07:07 AM

either you're unaware that "nerd" has a negative connotation

or you just think that knowing math well is a bad thing

4/29/2013 1:12:38 AM

Quote :

"You're probably some engineering or math nerd.....kudos to you, but my strength is in the business and accounting realm"

good thing you're good at math, because you're sucking at understanding english

and i think you're the one that's unaware, as many people even call themselves math nerds, computer nerds, art nerds, lit nerds, and on and on, with pride.

[Edited on April 29, 2013 at 1:23 AM. Reason : .]

4/29/2013 1:17:28 AM

you must not pick up on sarcasm

4/29/2013 4:36:10 AM

Bottom line being, TWW is down another new user, for the same ol' same ol'.

Good job, guys. Same time next week?

4/29/2013 5:27:07 PM

Any new user this thread bothered isn't one we wanted anyway.

4/29/2013 6:33:44 PM

next up: a user coming for help in ENG 210 asking what a "pariticple" is

4/29/2013 7:46:20 PM

Quote :

"next up: a user coming for help in ENG 210 asking what a "pariticple" is"

Quote :

"asking what a "pariticple" is"

Quote :

"a "pariticple""

Quote :

""pariticple""

4/29/2013 9:49:30 PM

yeah in this and many other threads lewisje isnt nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

he is however as gay as he thinks he is.

4/29/2013 9:55:21 PM

At least he can factor, though.

4/29/2013 10:47:03 PM

he also has zero clue if the OP was being sarcastic or not

he just assumes he's correct because he's a fucking wikipedia know-it-all that's never been asked a question he didn't know the answer to.

4/29/2013 10:57:52 PM

^^^I was of course making fun of a hypothetical person who couldn't even spell "participle" right

^not true, not even close, unfortunately

5/1/2013 8:22:16 AM

Doubt it.

But figured that was coming.



It would take a lot to admit fault, though. So we can both cover our eyes and carry on.

5/1/2013 7:00:58 PM

Quote :

"The only math you really need for accounting is how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. And you really don't even need that since we all use Excel anyway."

A = L + E can be a real bitch sometimes

5/13/2013 8:01:01 PM

Quote :

"the funniest part is thinking that engineers are good at math, after undergrad the days of deriving anything is over. engineers are terrible at math, its all about knowing standards."

maybe you don't derive much anymore. but i use calculus and below ALL the time

5/18/2013 11:47:26 PM

Do you even derive, bro?

5/19/2013 7:19:23 AM

Did this help you resolve your problem, Fishstix76?

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

7/2/2013 11:12:03 PM

Good Study hall thread!

7/5/2013 12:52:09 PM

TWW in its purest form.

7/8/2013 4:12:46 PM

Has this guy switched to art history yet?

7/11/2013 6:38:22 PM

SET
+EM
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UP

7/14/2013 10:39:01 AM