# Thread: Help! Year 10 maths

1. ## Help! Year 10 maths

Could someone run me through this?

http://imgur.com/a/gTyt5

2. ## Re: Help! Year 10 maths

Originally Posted by red152
Could someone run me through this?

http://imgur.com/a/gTyt5
\noindent The simultaneous equations are \\ \begin{align*}\quad 2M + 2N + G &= 10 \\ M + N + G &= 6 \\ 2G &= 4\end{align*} \\ I don't think there is a way to solve for M and N but it is possible to know which possible values they can take.

3. ## Re: Help! Year 10 maths

Originally Posted by red152
Could someone run me through this?

http://imgur.com/a/gTyt5

This question is practically unsolvable through simultaneous - in my opinion.

I don't know how I got it but:
If M = 1 then N = 3
If M = 2 then N = 2
If M = 3 then N = 1

I didn't do it simultaneously though, coz it didn't work for me. I sort of did it with my mind. (It might be wrong)

4. ## Re: Help! Year 10 maths

Could you potentially try graphing X=2 (4=2G) , and then the equations of 2M+2N+G=6 and then M+N+G=6.

(Maybe the table of values would be the quickest method of solving?)

5. ## Re: Help! Year 10 maths

Originally Posted by Ilovecarrots
This question is practically unsolvable through simultaneous - in my opinion.

I don't know how I got it but:
If M = 1 then N = 3
If M = 2 then N = 2
If M = 3 then N = 1

I didn't do it simultaneously though, coz it didn't work for me. I sort of did it with my mind. (It might be wrong)
Thanks, my teacher went through it with me and you got the right answers! I was confused because I haven't played Scrabble before and I didn't realise letters couldn't be worth 0 or a non-integer.

6. ## Re: Help! Year 10 maths

Originally Posted by red152
I was confused because I haven't played Scrabble before and I didn't realise letters couldn't be worth 0 or a non-integer.
Don't worry, that is one stupid maths question, I doubt you will be asked anything like that in the HSC.

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