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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

SCIENCE
Abiogenesis and Biogenesis

In biogenesis, the ancient Greeks believed that living things could spontaneously come into being from nonliving matter while in the abiogenesis,In the
natural sciences, abiogenesis, or origin of life, is the study of how life on Earth could have arisen from inanimate matter.

MATH
Solving Problems Involving System of Linear Equations(Digit problems)

Ex.
the sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 10.If the digits are reversed,the number is increased by 36.What is the number?

First identify the variables.


let x -be the ten's digit
y-be the one's digit

Then,find their equations.
x+y=10
10(x)+y=10

10y+x=10x+y+36 (transpose 10x,y to the other side.)
10y+x-10x-y=36


(x+y=10)9
9y+9x=90
9y-9x=36
________
18y/18 =126/18
y =7


y(10)+x=10
10y+x=10
y-36

3+y=10
y=10-3 (transpose 3 to the other side)
y=7
x+7=10
x=10-7 (transpose 7 to the other side)
x=3

Therefore, the digits are 37 (original) and 73(reversed)

Solving Problems Involving System of Linear Equations(Age problems)

Ex.
Abby is 7 years older than Joeric.Next year,.she will be 1 year more than twice as old as he will be.How old are they now?

First identify the variables.

let a - age of Abby at present
b - age of Joeric

a+1 - age of Abby next year
b+1 - age of Joeric next year

a=7+b
a+1=1+2(b+1)
a+1=1+2b+2
a+1+2b+3

7+5+1=2b+3
b+8=2b+3 (transpose 3 to the other side) (transpose b to the other side)
8-3=2b-b
5=5

a=7+5
a=12 years old

Abby is 12 years old while Joeric is 5 years old.

Then,find their equations.

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