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2/6/09

Dear Boz,
If I had a handful of nickels, how much would a gray suit cost?
 Joe, Massachusetts


Dear Joe,

Ooooh, a word problem. I've always liked these. But I have to remember my math.

OK. We know we have nickels, and we want the price of a gray suit. Let's define some variables. If one nickel is N, and the number of nickels is X, then N times X will give us the number of nickels in your hand. Let Y represent the gray suit, and C represent the cost of the gray suit, and we come up with the formula (N * X)Y = C.

So. Order of Operations tells us to move the equals sign inside the first parantheses, so now we have (=N * X)Y C.

Next, you subtract the second parentheses from both sides. That makes )-(=N * X)Y C - ).

Good. It's becoming clearer. Now, we give the asterisk a value of a cartoon swear word, so we'll choose @#%!, making the formula )-(=N @#%! X)Y C - ).

Now I'll solve the first part for N. )-(=N . That's easy. N equals seven.
Then @#%! X)Y is 342.
And C - ) is 12.

So the cost of a gray suit is Seven 342 12. Of course, that's only if you have a handful of nickels.

Maybe next time I'll show you how much a gray suit costs if you have a sack full of ennui.

Cheers,
Boz

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