document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1209934>Question 1209934</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a firm hires 7 technicians and 3 apprentices for total daily wages of 820. if one apprentice is appointed to a technician, the total daily wages become 880. What are thr daily wages for a technician and an apprentice </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a firm hires 7 technicians and 3 apprentices for total daily wages of 820. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "if one apprentice is appointed to a technician, the total daily wages become 880. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What are the daily wages for a technician and an apprentice<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dear Angela,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "as I see, you are first time at this forum.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You came with the problem, which was posted to the forum earlier (two or three months ago),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and for which the solution was just developed and placed at this forum by the other tutor<BR>\n" );
document.write( "exactly at the same spot, from which you submitted your post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, I will assume that you just have read that solution. It is correct, so I do not see<BR>\n" );
document.write( "any need to re-tell or to re-write it again.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At these circumstances, it is not precisely clear to me the meaning of your request.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For us, it would be much easier to communicate, if you formulate the goal of your visit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with the problem, which was just solved before.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I may to suspect that the problem's formulation is not fully clear to you.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "To be honest, as written in the post, it is not clear to me, too.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In my view, the problem formulation in the post is not as clear as it should be in Math problems,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and requires to be explained.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Had I formulate this problem, I would make it differently. I would write\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    A firm hires 7 technicians and 3 apprentices for total daily wages of 820. \r\n" );
document.write( "    Later, one of the 3 apprentices was appointed to a position of technician, \r\n" );
document.write( "    and, therefore, the total daily wages became 880. \r\n" );
document.write( "    What are the daily wages for a technician and an apprentice ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now everything is clear, everything is transparent, the meaning is clear and additional clarifications are not needed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is how Math problem should be formulated, when it goes outside.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I grew and got my mathematical education in other country, where a clear formulation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of school Math problems was mandatory, and an unclear formulation had no chance to see a world.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here in US it is not so.  At every corner, you can find formulations of Math problems,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that do not stand up to any criticism.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, in the Internet era, thousands of people that have no adequate Math education, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "think that they can create and disseminate their own math problems in the Internet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But it is the reality in which we live.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In any case, I am glad you visited this website/forum, and hope that you will find here <BR>\n" );
document.write( "many useful conversations/communications/information/solutions/ideas/advises for your Math education.\r<BR>\n" );
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