Can someone please put this [math] problem into English?

BarTopDancer · 03-05-2005, 05:26 PM

Alright,

Most of you know I hate math. I've been plodding along through this class now, getting parts of it, bsing through others. But this I am just not getting. The book, the program and the tutors all explain it the same way and it's not clicking.

It's solving ordered triples (that's what the book calls it).

6x - y + z = -24 ~~~ (eq 1)
3x + 2y - 3z = -13 ~~~ (eq 2)
x - 3y + 2z = -5 ~~~~ (eq 3)

This is what I have been doing:

I solve Eq. 1 and 2, then 1 & 3 then 4 & 5 using the elimation method. No matter what I do, even if the answers I come up with are right the program says they are wrong.

Does anyone have any tips or can they explain how to do this a differnet way?

03-05-2005, 05:26 PM	#1
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	Can someone please put this [math] problem into English? Alright, Most of you know I hate math. I've been plodding along through this class now, getting parts of it, bsing through others. But this I am just not getting. The book, the program and the tutors all explain it the same way and it's not clicking. It's solving ordered triples (that's what the book calls it). 6x - y + z = -24 ~~~ (eq 1) 3x + 2y - 3z = -13 ~~~ (eq 2) x - 3y + 2z = -5 ~~~~ (eq 3) This is what I have been doing: I solve Eq. 1 and 2, then 1 & 3 then 4 & 5 using the elimation method. No matter what I do, even if the answers I come up with are right the program says they are wrong. Does anyone have any tips or can they explain how to do this a differnet way? __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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