Mark would send in nerdy math problems, and get responses from the other smart people on the list. All was sweetness and light, and women started thinking of giving the list another try. Jerome ==UNQUOTE==
In that spirit, Jerome, here's a little problem that just came in today. I haven't given it any thought yet. (John M., Avert your eyes! It's a copy of correspondence with someone else!) Mark, for some reason this exercise has me buffaloed. The vertical lines represent absolute value. In other words the inequality could equally be stated: Abs(3x - 18) + Abs(2y + 7) <= 3. (<= represents less than or equal to.) 14. What is the area of the region defined by the inequality |3x - 18| + |2y + 7| <= 3? (A) 3 (B) 7/2 (C) 4 (D) 9/2 (E) 5 Let me know your solution and how you solved it. Gerry -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
