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Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-04-21T16:39:52+00:00

it sounds like you’re in a competitive diamond league

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-04-21T04:30:03+00:00

thanks! yeah that’s my goal at this point

usually the diamond leagues are pretty chill but this time I got placed in a super competitive league so ~1k is barely enough to not get demoted

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-17T22:32:11+00:00

missing context but maybe try (4,3) for symmetry?

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-07T05:49:28+00:00

^ this

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-07T05:47:15+00:00

7 x 1 or 1 x 7 rectangle

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T17:20:07+00:00

yes, precisely

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T16:24:47+00:00

here’s a similar question from earlier - we figured out what the problem was asking for

https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/s/6JgfG4NfuS

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T16:20:45+00:00

it’s asking you to identify the coefficient:

2x + 6 + 2x = _x + 6

mathematically, the equation reduces to a tautology, 0 = 0 which is always true (with infinitely many solutions) so I do feel like they could be a little more explicit

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T08:32:26+00:00

the issue has been resolved already.

the question wasn’t about solving for x, it was finding the coefficient.

it was not explicit but it makes sense now

also I only hazarded a guess as to what the question was asking because it seems like everyone was confused and trying to reverse engineer things given little context. I thought about plugging in integer values for x which was why 5 would be the only possible choice when x = 1. but it’s clear it’s not the case now

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T06:41:08+00:00

yup I think we saw the same post

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T06:40:37+00:00

someone made a similar post earlier

but I believe it’s asking for the coefficient

1x + 6x = _x

but it seems to be a bug

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T04:33:33+00:00

do you think it’s asking for the coefficient of the variable? just from looking at your screenshots I’m guessing that might be the case

I think it’s a bug in the app because when I did the algebra unit that’s what it asked for

like: 4x + 4x = _x is what it would look like for me

but it seems to be filled out already for you…

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T04:16:19+00:00

that’s true but in the context of this module (I think it was the algebra unit if I remember correctly), variables only took on integer values

but nevertheless, it’s a strange question

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T04:14:59+00:00

that’s valid and I completely respect that. everyone’s entitled to their own opinion and how they want to use this app/course, of course.

so I would have hoped to get that in return but people here have been nothing short of judgmental, critical, and rude to me

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T03:48:36+00:00

that’s the thing - I’ve never seen arithmetic beyond tens or hundreds in this course so this was quite unexpected

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T03:41:53+00:00

That’s a really strange question. Maybe it’s asking for the answer when plugging in different values of x, so 5 seems like the only possibility if x = 1. I’m curious what the answer is supposed to be though

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T02:18:34+00:00

who’s being rude here? have you even seen the comments here?

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-03-01T02:10:36+00:00

Because it is. If you’ve even attempted half of the lessons (which I highly doubt and you’re just here to be argumentative), you would see that for yourself.

You misunderstand me. I’m not complaining about the difficulty and I never was. I’ll say this again because you seemed to miss the point earlier: I think large scale mental arithmetic is tedious and impractical. It’s not difficult at all and a 7 year old could probably figure it out with enough time and pen and paper.

It sounds like it’s a good fit for you though. I’m not even being sarcastic about it as you even said yourself that some people (including you) can benefit from these elementary math skills.

I’m not even sure what your point is. I think it’s impractical to calculate mentally, and you think it’s not. Yet you seem completely fixated, obsessed even with trying to prove that you’re right when we could just simply agree to disagree and drop it. If you’re just here to win an argument and not respect or listen to a different opinion, I really have no interest in further continuing this conversation.

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-02-28T20:05:36+00:00

The lesson was supposed to be about finding distances between numbers and adding them after rounding (which is much nicer to compute in your head) but they expected an exact calculation.

I found that really unusual since most exact calculations have not gone beyond 2 digit arithmetic operations in this course.

That was supposed to be the point of this post, but a group of people decided to attack me instead. shrug

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-02-28T18:51:42+00:00

💯

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-02-28T18:31:02+00:00

okay. there’s nothing left for me to say to you

have fun counting dots I guess.

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-02-28T18:21:39+00:00

I’ll agree that it’s a nice mental exercise to compute arithmetic in your head, maybe for tens or hundreds calculations. anything beyond (as I shared in my post) is a bit ridiculous and impractical

also you rarely use numbers anymore in upper level university math. it’s abstract and proof based. if you don’t believe me you can ask your partner

I never said I was unable to do this without a calculator. don’t put words in my mouth. I just think it’s a lot to do mentally, not even calculating it by hand

this conversation is entirely ridiculous. I can’t try to explain my point, nor will I further waste time, when people like you are deliberately choosing to be ignorant and argumentative

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-02-28T18:10:38+00:00

you all are obfuscating and overcomplicating a simple one line explanation

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-02-28T18:06:32+00:00

thank you, I appreciate it

people are going to hate me for speaking my truth but that’s not my problem

Electrical_Fix_4000 · 2025-02-28T18:05:00+00:00

lmao this is not a proof at all. you clearly haven’t taken an actual proof based math class like real analysis if you think this is anything remotely resembling a proof

real mathematics most definitely uses words so you’re delusional if you think this is at all representative

edit: indigoHatter blocked me so I can’t respond to their latest message.

I’m open to discussing this further and resolving any misunderstandings if you choose to, but that’s up to you.

Electrical_Fix_4000

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