Translate words into math equation?

Replace “a number” and “the same number” with x. Replace “is” with =
The sum of something and something else is the same as something + something else.

That should get you started. Let me know if you need more help.

Thanks, just to be sure that I get it correct can you write out each one?

x + 10x = 88
x + 6x = 28

How about you write what you think and we tell you if it is right?

It’s quicker to just copy from a friend. Same learning experience as asking it here too.

You’re cheating yourself, you know.

Are we doing someone’s homework… AGAIN??

did the rules stated “no homework”?

@earthyearth I don’t know about the rules here on Fluther, but the rules of life, at least as I know them in North America, are pretty clear: giving someone the answers to their homework is cheating. @LostInParadise and @optimisticpessimist tried to help @stevie1145 with the question, and that kind of thing is fine – that’s why libraries have Homework Clubs and schools have Peer Tutoring; but, there’s a difference between helping someone find the answer, and just giving them the answer.

@nicobanks rules of life: if you dont know = ask

Asking for the answer isn’t the same as learning how to answer the question. Asking someone to answer the question for you is the same as cheating.

yeah but we’re expecting someone to explain how to get the answer right?

That wasn’t how the question was asked. Then the person asking the question said THIS:

‘Thanks, just to be sure that I get it correct can you write out each one?’

Doesn’t sound like someone interested in doing any of the work themselves.

One other aspect to this. We do the asker more of a favor by explaining how to answer the question than in just writing the answer. It is the old story about the difference between giving someone a fish vs teaching the person to fish for himself.

“Thanks, just to be sure that I get it correct can you write out each one?” optimistically saying that he already got the work done, he’s just double checking it.