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the last question ; 7x-5y=24…………………………………1 4x-3y=11…………………………………2 Equation (1)*4 and (2)*7 would give: 28x-20y=96……………………………3 28x-21y=77……………………………4 Subtracting equation (4) from equation (3) would give: Y=19 Substituting value of y=19 in equation (1), we get: 7x-5(19)=24 or 7x-95=24 or 7x=24+95 or 7x=119 or x=119/7 or x=17. Answer: x=17 and y=19.

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Maybe in 1869' date=' the womens place was really in the kitchen!!:facepalm:[/quote'] :bawling: infact its a good thing tht these Qz are so fresh in my mind, considering i learnt this in grade 7 !:--D
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Maybe in 1869' date=' the womens place was really in the kitchen!!:facepalm:[/quote'] mate was this op just a fun intended or u indeed preparing for MIT ?
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mate was this op just a fun intended or u indeed preparing for MIT ?
just fun..there questions could be solved by 8th graders in India right now and yet these were the questions that got you into the best university in 1869...look at the difference in level between this era and 150 years ago in which people who could solve those would be considered genius. Ponder that for a minute and then think the level like people like Einstein, Curie, Newton would be with todays level of average intelligence.The people who were considered genius back in the day would be god in todays standards.
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I think MIT sucked in 1869 and so did all the students who got admitted to the place. If those students who were selected for MIT in 1869 were studying today they would struggle to pass class 8, let alone get admission in any Engineering institute. In this era of professionalism, they would all crack in front of sixth graders today. 1. These students did not have to face super phaassht Calculus questions as students do today. 2. The grading criteria has changed so drastically. I bet these lucky buggers of 1869 also got partial credit. 3. These students never studied Quantum Mechanics. 4. These students never studied Special or General Relativity. 5. They also did not have the distraction of constant travel and late night parties like today's students. 6. They also probably never went on exchange programs to Europe which tests the skills of modern students in different studying conditions. It is safe to say that the High School round the block from my place has better and smarter people than MIT did in 1869.

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This must be related to the rate of scientific advances over the last 150 yrs vs the knowledge of the rest of human civilization. What will be the 8th grade exam consisting of 200 yrs from now ? Maybe the youth will communicate on whatever social medium exists then about the backward autocad systems and the inefficient heat engines of our time.

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Those questions we learnt last yr in the final year of high school in Australia :dontknow: Its obvious that 10yr olds in India and China can do these questions in their sleep, but the Australia education system is kinda :giggle: To make education fun some schools are buying ipads and laptops for all the kids to make them enjoy studying :banghead:

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I think MIT sucked in 1869 and so did all the students who got admitted to the place. If those students who were selected for MIT in 1869 were studying today they would struggle to pass class 8, let alone get admission in any Engineering institute. In this era of professionalism, they would all crack in front of sixth graders today. 1. These students did not have to face super phaassht Calculus questions as students do today. 2. The grading criteria has changed so drastically. I bet these lucky buggers of 1869 also got partial credit. 3. These students never studied Quantum Mechanics. 4. These students never studied Special or General Relativity. 5. They also did not have the distraction of constant travel and late night parties like today's students. 6. They also probably never went on exchange programs to Europe which tests the skills of modern students in different studying conditions. It is safe to say that the High School round the block from my place has better and smarter people than MIT did in 1869.
no offense.... but ur nonsense is like comparing bradman to tendulkar. Back in those days that was HARD. cant compare 18th century education to 21st century education
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