Try to Solve This Problem … without Algebra

Can you solve the following, without doing any Algebraic manipulation?  Just by reading and thinking about what it says, can you figure out what x is?  (The numbers a, x, and k are not zero.) Given:  3a = k And:  ax = 4k What must x be? If you’re versed much at all in basic Algebra you will be tempted to substitute … Read more