What's going on with you?

AWWW!! Such a cute wittle baby puppyyy!

 

Why did it give you the worst case of the shits you've ever had in your life? Anyway, cherry pepto bismol is good.

 

I love Pringles. The original ones. MmmMMmMmMmMMm...

 

No frosted flakes for you! Nor bran!:smt026

 

Hello everybody, it's me Britty. So I decided to take this GED practice test online for free. I didn't miss any on Reading, Writing, or Science. But fucked up the History and Math, because they asked me a bunch of questions about things I've personally never heard of or studied, not even at the actual GED classes I was taking before I had to stop and take care of my mom, and I might have dropped out of school before I could hear about the other stuff, also I don't pay attention to politics or economics anyway which was asked about in the history part too.

So I was just wondering if anyone here would explain to me WHY, in the solution of the system of equations, the value of x is 3?
x + 2y = 1
2x - y = 7
Math beyond adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying, fractions, percents, and decimals, is my enemy. I didn't think I was that bad at Algebra crap, but I guess so, or I'm just having a dumbass attack.

Anyways, guess what else, I dug up all of my GED worksheets and notes and stuff from when I was taking the classes where I used to live, and I found my GED practice test scores from a year or so ago. In Science, I got a 620, in Social Studies I got a 630 (that one was easier than the one I'm taking online now), in Math I got a 540, and in Reading I got a 600. I didn't get graded on writing (the second part of "Language Arts" after Reading) because I had to write an essay first and it was time for class to end and I didn't know I wouldn't be back, so I never did that. I'm not really sure what the scores meant, but I think I remember my GED instructor said that those were more than good enough for me to pass the actual test. Now I'm all starting over again and don't remember most of it. So, that's what's going on with me, besides that I'm bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, and very sleepy. Eeehhhhh.

 

x + 2y = 1
2x - y = 7

let x = 1 - 2y, then plug that into x in 2x - y = 7, so 2 (1 - 2y) - y = 7 or 2 - 4y - y = 7 which is 2 - 5y = 7, so -5y = 7-2 = 5, thus -5y = 5 and -y = 1 which is y = -1

If y = -1, then x + 2 (-1) = 1 or x -2 = 1, so x = 1 + 2 = 3

In summary, x = 3, and y = -1

 

X = 3
Y = -1

3 + 2(-1) = 1

2(3) - (-1) = 7

If you plug in any other numbers, you won't get the correct answers. Making X=5 and Y= -2 won't work.

5+2(-2)=1
2(5)-(-2)=12

If X=1 and Y=0 Then the first equation would work but the second, would not. It's all about plugging in numbers until you find the combination that makes sense.

Of course, I'm sure there's a more mathematical way to figure it out, involving some algebraic equation, but I'm too tired to figure it out. LOL.

 

Damn, beat me to it...I was too busy watching Friends to finish mine first! :smt081

 

Hey Britty,

Good for you on getting on with your GED...

I failed maths in senior at school (he he) but, as a result, try to understand it in the simplest of terms.

I think Lucifer explained it well, albeit in a mathematic way...

Good luck with the study. We look forward to hearing how you go!!!!

 

This book is a good primer for understanding the basics of American history. You can pick up a used copy through Amazon or I can ship it to you.



I can also answer most questions you have about politics or economics and have some knowledge concerning the natural sciences.

 

hey everyone.. I'm still sort of lurking. I have too much stuff to take care of in other places, so I can't hang out here and harass you with my halfassed english. It's spring, so there is heaps of promotion and shit to be done, posters to be made, websites to maintain, jobs to apply for, schools to apply for, books to write and poems to record. Too much shit. Also, I really dislike humans.

I'll stop by from time to time though, but hope you are all ok at least

 

Scylla - I enjoy your posts, come out of lurking just a bit more to harass us!

 

If you really understand the math parts you mentioned above, you shouldnt have a problem passing the ged exam.

And as you can see, there are alot of smart people on the boards, so if you are studying and run into a problem...post it on the boards and Im sure you will find plenty of help. (I smell a new - and very worthwhile - thread developing.)

Good luck...were rooting for you! :smt026

 

Ah, well, now I feel like a total doofus, LoL, I forgot all about those stupid negative numbers. I guess I'm rustier than I thought. Thank you both so much!!

Thank you Fe!! I will keep you informed!

Wow, thanks Remy, heh. Let me be sure I can't get it myself, and I'll let you know. I went there to check it out. I've never been to Amazon.com before, I never would have guessed they sold used books for 99 cents! That is cool! I'm going to go play there in a minute and see what other books they may have that cheap. Politics and economics are to me what beets probably are to a six year old, just gross. I'll tell you the questions they asked me.

Open Market Operations include purchases and sales of government securities and certain other securities in the open market, through the Domestic Trading Desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as directed by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), to influence the volume of money and credit in the economy. Purchases inject reserves into banking system and stimulate growth of money and credit; sales do the opposite.

1. If the FOMC purchases government securities, credit is stimulated.
A) True
B) False

I got that one correct just because it says the answer in the paragraph, but at the same time, I have no idea what the paragraph is talking about. That's how I got so many answers right in the other practice tests I took at the GED classes I was taking offline a year ago. You didn't have to know the answer, you just had to know how to find the answer of the question in the paragraph above it.

Now here is one that I missed:
During the 1920s, Virginia Rep. Carter Glass warned that stock market speculation would lead to dire consequences. In October 1929 his predictions seemed to be realized when the stock market crashed, and the nation fell into the worst depression in its history. From 1930 to 1933 nearly 10,000 banks failed, and by March 1933 newly inaugurated President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared a bank holiday, while government officials grappled with ways to remedy the nation's economic woes. Many people blamed the Fed for failing to stem speculative lending that led to the crash, and some also argued that inadequate understanding of monetary economics kept the Fed from pursuing policies that could have lessened the depth of the Depression.

2. What modern day event is similar to the events described in this passage?
A) 1987 stock market crash
B) Russia's invasion of Georgia
C) 2008 presidential election
D) Questionable sub-prime mortgage lending in the 2000's

I feel stupid for missing that one. If I would have gave it more thought, I probably wouldn't have. But even though I don't ever remember really discussing the Depression in school, except that it happened. The only things I ever did read about it was included in what I read at 15 or 16 (out of school) when I had a Bonnie and Clyde fetish. How they did what they did mostly because of the Depression. And because now I don't pay attention to "modern day" politics I didn't feel like I would know the answer even if I tried. Thinking back now, I should have used the process of elimination.

Then there's another question that I missed, but it has a graph and I can't show it to you because this test is an adobe flash player thing. But, I just missed that one because I was rushing and didn't look at it close enough, because I didn't like the subject (econmics) and don't like it because I don't know anything about it, really. Then I got the one after that right, because it had a picture and was about wages and benefits from '66 to '86.

And those were all the economic-y questions. Now for the World History ones. I'm not sure if you're going to read all of this, heh, so I'm going to stop for now. But it asked about the Treaty of Versailles, which I've never heard of, but by reading the passage I was able to get 2 out of 4 answers right. And they asked about "Axis powers" and "Axis Alliance" and I missed that one because I couldn't see the very tiny picture they showed to help me answer it. But, I've never heard of that either. Then they asked things about "World History, Civics, and Government" and I pretty much fucked that one up too. I don't even know what's in the Constitution, or Bill of Rights, or all the Amendments, or the Declaration of Independence, and I've never heard of the Magna Carta. I didn't miss all the questions though. Some were just common sense. That's embarrassing though. So, I would like to read more about that kind of stuff.

Well, thank you Jelly! It's just a bit difficult because all the GED practice tests I've taken have all been different and asking about different things. Well, for example, the questions on this online one, were never mentioned in the ones that I took offline when I was going to GED classes. At those GED classes they had me take those locator tests, first and foremost, to see where I was at and what I needed to study, and the only part I scored low on was math and so math was the only subject I worked on in those classes. Now this online one is asking me things about things that the other tests I took offline said I didn't need to "work on". So, I'm like "WTF?", geez. LoL
Yes, we have a lot of exceptionally smart people here on these boards. Whoever said "people online" were less than people in your life because you'll never see them or meet them and stuff, IMO, were very wrong. I've gotten more support, encouragement, help, and care online from several people on these boards, than any one else has bothered to give me in "real life". So much so that I don't even know how to gracefully accept it and just find myself in complete shock. It's amazing. It's even brought tears to my eyes. I'm just not used to this sort of thing. I won't go on gushing though, I shall spare you all, heh. :smt050

 

Yes, a portion of the GED consists of reading comprehension and identifying the answer in the text.

The process of elimination and understanding what the test is asking you to identify, which is a cause rather than the effect. B and C are obviously unrelated, leaving A and D; A is an effect, which reduces your options to D. Let me know if the test agrees.

All of this broadly relates to the evolution of western societies from monarchical systems of governance to the democracies we have today.

The line of development goes from Magna Carta--> Declaration of Independence-->Constitution (Bill of Rights)--> constitutional amendments. Wiki them in that order.

The Magna Carta is English and much of America's political heritage is a reaction to English law and political theory.

 

Yep

That is a great tip! I never thought that much into it. Yes! Thank you Remy ))! And yes, the test agrees, the correct answer is D.

I'm definitely paying a long visit to Wiki! Thank you so much! :smt023

 

Don't trust Wiki too much as some of the info is very wrong, due to anybody signing up and altering the page anyway they see fit.

 

Damnit, heh. Well, I will still go there and check it out, but I won't leave it to be my only source for information.

 

Google is good. Shop around. Here's a tip of more than one site says the same thing, there's a good chance its true... (or bullshit)

 

I hate math but systems vvere the shit!
I had to do it myself too lol



ahaha I feel so proud