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(x+1)(x+2)(x+6) =
x^3+9x^2+20x+12 = x^3+9x^2+4(7x-1)
20x+12=4(7x-1)
5x+3=7x-1
4=2x
x = 2
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Congratulations! I'm sure you get an A in GSCE maths for that, or possibly even an A at A-level these days.
Not that they've dumbed down or anything...
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I lost an x somewhere doing it in my befuddled brain.
speramus in juniperus
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x=2
(3)(4)(8) = 8 + 36 + 52
96 = 96
Will Rogers never met me.
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(x+1)(x+2)(x+6) = x^3+9x^2+4(7x-1)
x³ + 9x² + 20x + 12 = x³ + 9x² + 28x - 4 |-x³
9x² + 20x + 12 = 9x² + 28x -4 |-9x²
20x + 12 = 28x -4 |-20x |+4
16 = 8x
x = 2
if not i would say 42 too 
"WAKE UP, NEO."
"THE MATRIX HAS YOU..."
"FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT".
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What's the point?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I like this answer 
I still don't understand how they got it though
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Ok now my head does hurt.
What kind of math is this ?
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Looking at my forecast for later this week I see no snow on Thursday[^] or Saturday[^], 1-2" of snow during the day on Friday[^] with an additional 1-3" Friday night with a storm total of 3-6".
There's nothing wrong with the minimum total snowfall being listed as 3" since that can be explained by timing uncertainty in when it hits; but if the most I can get during the day is 2" with 3" overnight how can the storm total reach 6"?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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All those numbers are rounded, maybe the raw prediction was 1-2.4" and 1-3.4" (or something sufficiently close).
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It's all those fractals they use in weather predicting, one butterfly can make 1+1=3.
speramus in juniperus
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You really are a special snowflake.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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He's in fact a really big hailstone.
Veni, vidi, caecus
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Hey, 1 + 1 does equal 3, for very large values of 1!
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Interesting that the Weather Channel forecast[^] calls for a 50% chance of rain on Friday, with no mention of snow. And here's[^] a 'orribly shameless plug.
/ravi
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Not overly surprising; the precipitation is associated with a cold front coming through and dropping temps below freezing; a few degrees either way will flip it. Weather Underground[^] has a forecast between those two. Closer to the date the National Weather Service will issue a warning with a fourth set of predictions. To make things more interesting, it's within the realm of possibility that it will be snow/ice on the ridge tops and rain in the valleys a mile away and a thousand feet lower.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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We're on a Hard Freeze watch this week, and not a cloud in sight. What do I have to do to get some snow around here? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: What do I have to do to get some snow around here?
My friend Rob[^] can help. 
/ravi
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I said snow, not blow. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Word problems. Immediately stopped.
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I was always the weird one in math class because I preferred the word problems. Most just wanted the formulas laid out to solve. I had one memorable day when I was the only one who got the correct answer and this exercise required class consensus. I learned how tough it was to fight peer pressure with everyone else telling you a different answer was the correct one. I managed to convince one other student before the teacher declared I had the correct solution.
You never see formulas laid out in real life, it will always be word problems.
I also scored 100% on the test.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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