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Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:25 am
by tuffteef
now theres no lies that i suck ass at math
like way bad
i didnt even take math in high school

and still go into uni LULZ

but i have end exams and i totally bunked an audio class (buh)
and need to work out what i need to pass

so the first exam i took is out of 40% of the overall
the final exam is out of 60%

the first exam i took had 60 marks and i got 23 right
FAIL
i know
but its only out of 40% for that exam

what does richard need to get bare minimum to pass audio 1 in his final exam

ready set GO!

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:49 am
by unownunown
don't ask me, i'm in the same boat :idk:

i suck at math too. i hope that after this year i never have to take math again ever.

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:56 am
by unownunown
wait, is the second exam out of 80 points, then? if so you need 61 to get 60% in the class.

i... think?

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 9:59 am
by SPACERITUAL
I DO NOT LIKE MATH. THIS IS BAD THREAD.

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:32 pm
by Jero
tuffteef wrote:what does richard need to get bare minimum to pass audio 1 in his final exam
ready set GO!

I love how you set that up like a typical math question

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:10 pm
by hclapp219
Assuming that a 60 is a passing grade in your class, here you go:

.4*(23/60)+.6x=.6

Solve for x.














Okay, I'll do it for you. x=.74444 So that means you need to get at least 74.4% of the answers correct to pass the class. Good luck!

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:13 pm
by unownunown
hclapp219 wrote:Assuming that a 60 is a passing grade in your class, here you go:

.4*(23/60)+.6x=.6

Solve for x.


that was so cruel :(

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:15 pm
by StudioShutIn
hclapp219 wrote:
Okay, I'll do it for you. x=.74444 So that means you need to get at least 74.4% of the answers correct to pass the class. Good luck!


well atleast he was nice enough to solve it for ya :thumb:

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:43 pm
by hclapp219
StudioShutIn wrote:
hclapp219 wrote:
Okay, I'll do it for you. x=.74444 So that means you need to get at least 74.4% of the answers correct to pass the class. Good luck!


well atleast he was nice enough to solve it for ya :thumb:


Only during the holiday season though, cuz I want lots of presents from Santa :evil:

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:30 pm
by tuffteef
Jero wrote:
tuffteef wrote:what does richard need to get bare minimum to pass audio 1 in his final exam
ready set GO!

I love how you set that up like a typical math question

:lol: lulz i only read it now and it looks printed from a textbook

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:31 pm
by tuffteef
lolololol my answer was like i need 60

73 perecent IM GONNA LOSE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:10 pm
by tuffteef
well i did my best.. i dont think i did too bad but 73 is a hard ask

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:31 pm
by oinkbanana

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:58 pm
by tuffteef
oinkbanana wrote:http://www.wolframalpha.com/ is your friend.


i typed this in .4(23/60)+.6(40/60)=

and it just twirled and did nothing
cobusted and died :lol:

Re: Mathematical eeequations

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:59 pm
by tuffteef
so google tells me ill need to get correct 35 questions out of the 60 in my final to BARELY pass which is like a 50.33333 :lol: i think i can do it now
POSSIBLE WIN?