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by whelp_24
856 days ago
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With this explanation, you've inadvertently convinced me of the op. Being able to get to the "x = number" is the whole point of algebra. More often, students find the difficulty in trying to do arithmetic on things that can't be(what's x +y? it isn't xy and it isn't some new letter). Doing this way means that you've actually understood algebra, and honestly, the only step of memorization is the substraction itself. Whether you pull out the calculator at 2 +3, or (23449)/(!6 + root(34/5) ) is sorta irrelevant. |
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No, not really. If you understood what an equality and a variable means, then you could solve it without having to go thru algorithmic steps.
> More often, students find the difficulty in trying to do arithmetic on things that can't be(what's x +y? it isn't xy and it isn't some new letter).
I'm beginning to suspect that you yourself struggle with arithmetics.