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Help needed on algebric word translation problems

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sivai87
 Post subject: Help needed on algebric word translation problems
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:10 am 
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Can any one of you please clarify whether "There are twice as many apples as bananas " and "There are two times as many apples as bananas " do mean the same thing? I.e Number of apples = 2 * number of bananas.

Thanks in advance.
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: Help needed on algebric word translation problems
 Post Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:46 am 
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sivai87 wrote:
Can any one of you please clarify whether "There are twice as many apples as bananas " and "There are two times as many apples as bananas " do mean the same thing? I.e Number of apples = 2 * number of bananas.

Thanks in advance.


Yes, the wording means exactly the same thing for both examples.

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sivai87
 Post subject: Re: Help needed on algebric word translation problems
 Post Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:38 am 
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jnelson0612 wrote:
sivai87 wrote:
Can any one of you please clarify whether "There are twice as many apples as bananas " and "There are two times as many apples as bananas " do mean the same thing? I.e Number of apples = 2 * number of bananas.

Thanks in advance.


Yes, the wording means exactly the same thing for both examples.


Thanks for your help!!!
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: Help needed on algebric word translation problems
 Post Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:26 pm 
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My pleasure!

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