Valentinooo:
Guys look at this question from one of the aptitude tests too.

If 3x-2y=8, then 4y - 6x is
(a) -16
(b) -8
(c) 8
(d) 16
(e) cannot be determined

In the solution they got -16. I understood how they got it but do you guys think it's the right way to solve it?
If i'm to choose, i will go with (e)

Cc:
Belovedsamex
Kentnickole
eckersley
Naturalwaves
Femi4
Kylekent59
Kingkaspa
Obinoscopy
akalaka1
other mathematicians in d house

Greetings to you from the Special One, Krumbaga.
The Special One is presently communicating with the omnipotent.
I saw the question although an answer was already proffered which was absolutely right.
Permit me to say that I was dropped at the door of intuition on seeing the question, knowledge/answer came in a flash!
3x-2y=8; then -6x+4y=z
3x-2y, as an expression is a factor of the expression -6x+4y.
factorising -6x+4y:
-6x+4y=-2(3x-2y)=-2(=-16=z
in just a line!.

Viktor
SA to Krumbaga

amhackdee:
Who are you ? You have a lot to learn, you can't communicate fluently.

Pls I don't get you.
Can't you comprehend this?
Based on a personal assessment, how can you describe your level of knowledge?
My friend, seek for TRUE knowledge.

Good day

Viktor
SA to Krumbaga.

Greetings to you from the Special One, Krumbaga!!
The Special One extends his heart felt sympathy to Linda on the closure of her blog either by Google or by herself ( perhaps she's moving to a self hosted platform and has decided to shutdown ).
The Special One would want to highly congratulate the Primal, I do call him the Oga at the top. You can see that Mr Seun has taken the day. That's a difference between an inventor (Mr Seun) and a Blogger.
The Special One is in cahoots with some of the views shared by nairalanders.
Linda learnt her lesson too late ( whether the blog was shut down by Google or her, it was overdue). I can't just fathom that a celebrity blogger like Linda, after raking in millions per year will still want to be controlled and directed in her responsibilities by Google.
from the Special One : " the thinking mortal would not want to accept responsibility ( eg by Google) but learn to SEEK responsibility" If I'm to interpret the Special One's saying, it means
man would not just like to belong to a group but want to be recognised in that group (esteem
needs). Linda has been blogging for over a long period of sundry and didn't thought it wise that it was high time she left blogger and started her own self hosting CMS. If She were to be, perhaps from America, the uproar and constructed criticisms from her followers would have made done that since (she wouldn't even get as much recognition and sponsors), but in Nigeria where things work differently, she is celebrity.
Think of renowned bloggers like Darren Rowse of Pro blogger, Pat Flynn of smart passive income, Harsh Agrawal of shoutmeloud, there is none that uses a free service like what she is doing. This people planned for the future of blogging well by buying up all closest domain and parking it to avoid competition, using the best dedicated servers as much as possible and more importantly paid for a service ( That's what keeps the world moving; you receive and give back, not just receiving, receiving and receiving). That is why Mr Seen will always be better than Linda.

Food for Thought for Linda
-Professional bloggers pay a lot to secure and maintain their servers because they are always the subject of attack. I could remember Harsh Agrawal saying he pays over $500 per month to WPEngine just for Hosting alone.
-they want to be on top of their game and as such will always embark on innovative means to please their followers. I could remember Pat Flynn saying he spent over $30000 per month on expenses ranging from theme design (over $2500 per theme), pod cast, app for mobile users...
-They learn to diversify their investment. Due to the uncertainties of life, increasing your sample size by diversification would serve as a cushion in event of losses. According to the Gambler ruins by successive losses: " Even if a series of ventures is profitable and eventually yields a profit, there is nevertheless the possibility that a run of losses could dissipate the resources of a player and eventually forces him to quit the game. The Special One Objurgates such happening to Linda.

I, Viktor could remember when Pat Flynn said someone was impersonating him and provided a link of the site to be reported to webmasters. In less than an hour, the response gotten was awesome. It shows the people highly appreciate the service he's rendering to them

The Special One believes it is not yet over for Linda; there is still a second chance for her, but now she must utilise it very well.
He has some recommendations;
-Linda should be ready to dole out at least a royale of her income for the upkeep and maintenance of her purported self hosting platform. Let her be aware now that there is no longer the distinguished "Matt Cutts" security which she has been benefitting for free from Google, but there is still the Noble "Mr Seun" security which she has to pay for now (Mr Seun security is just a description of Nairaland's security)
-Linda will have to take the part of sequestration from just being a blogger to an inventor or scientist. The fact that she is in the social niche is not a hindrance. Pat Flynn launched a mobile food service called foodtruckr and it is doing exceedingly well.
-humility: it is a virtue.
-Finally respect our Oga , Mr Seun.


Note: Not all were directly said by the Special One, I still added my few pieces of advice.

The Peace of the Special One be with you

Viktor
(Akalaka: the destiny of ...)

SA to Krumbaga

Greeting to you from the Special One, Krumbaga!
The Special One has asked me to enlighten you. Even after the Special One had
given correct answers to these problems, One of the first to give a concrete answer this simple nonsense,
the Op is still thinking otherwise, giving subjective answers.

The Special One would want you to prove to him beyond any reasonable doubt
that 44% is the right answer to question one. (Pls make proofs as short as possible)
The Special One wants to let you know, that "making a profit of 20%.." is different from
"making a profit of 20% on the selling price".
Going by your premises/propositions, Mortals who have exceeded the knowledge
by reason will tell you (I stand to be corrected) that when dealing with problems like this,
proximity or closest reference comes in to place.
Markup is the percentage of the cost price at which the seller is going to
make a profit. When used inconclusively like what you have done, the "profit is the markup".

Let go the relative way: with reference to the seller, the markup would be the
profit so far it is not otherwise stated. A seller will and always makes references to
his cost price: cost of capital, cost of land, cost of interaction with the omnipotent (which is purity),
cost of...

The buyer on his part, will always make reference to the selling price at which he bought the product.
The buyer is not interested and not aware of the cost price. His Principal, is the selling price,
the price he paid for the product.
Eg. when the buyer is trying to simulate the percentage profit which the seller has made.

This brings us to a very SIMPLE conclusion within the realms of reason that
your question, whether sourced or ingenious, you have erred in your answer.
Going by your premises in which the seller is the principal or primal, the MARKUP is as well as THE PROFIT.

This is crystal clear, if you have had the opportunity to work in-house in groceries, you will get to
understand this better.

Now to your second question, no. 2 which you are luckily in line with the Special One
(luck, because you have no basis to that), but the Special One would want to make
it very clear to you that going by your premise, if there could be any answer with the
realm of reason (a source of knowledge possessed by higher animals), ab MUST NOT BE EQUAL TO 0
where neither a nor b are expressions (The Special One stands to be corrected to this).
Making ab=0 implies leaving the level of reason to that of intuition, which is a rare gift possessed by individuals of
which the Special One, Krumbaga is.
Note: ab=0 results to unification (Gaggot) and can only be solved by intellectuals at the level of intuition.
If we are to descend to the plane of reason, although erroneous, the unification could simply be expressed as 1.

OP, you still have a lot to learn

The peace of the Special One be with you

Viktor
SA to Krumbaga.

[quote author=belovedsamex post=26916018]

lmao.
tanx for d humour guy. u nearly got d answers[/quote
Please there is nothing like humour here. Check my updated comment and see Krumbaga's words of admonishment for you. You have to be careful how you use notations. wonder why we have few mathematicians in Nigerians. When I mean mathematicians, I mean those that are able to even supersede the level of intuition. what we mostly have in Nigeria are learned mathematicians/analysts who just apply reason. they don't reason. It reminds of Einstein, check up his history then compare him to Enrico Fermi, then you'll get to understand better.

Thanks
Vkrum
SA to Krumbaga

The Special One has a word of caution for the OP of this post. He says that you should be very careful on how you use intensional definitions. you erred by saying 'ab=0' , if there should be a concrete answer within the realm of reason ( I mean premises to conclusions; propositions to proofs), the right thing is supposed to be 'ab/=0' .I mean ab is not equal to zero. This is very erroneous and is not taken likely in the gatherings of intellectuals with level of knowledge above reason.
back to the question:
if 8a=9b; then 8/9=b/a
with the following premise ab/=0.
a/9 to b/9=a/b
if 8/9=b/a, then a/b=9/8. option D


Vkrum
SA to Krumbaga

Greeings from the Special One, Krumbaga.
The Special ONE has decided to take a look a your questions which are not far above instinct ( the lowest source of knowledge which is even possessed by lower animals like the langurs)
He has proffered his answers:
1. answer is 20% : markup is as well the percentage profit.
2. a/9 to b/9 =a/b , where ab=0, then a/b=0/0 and thus, leads us to the transcendental plane where knowledge by intuition proceeds, proponents will say the function is undefined, some will say it results to the unification of the universe of all the cosmic forces ( unity=1)
1. D; 2. C

Greeting from the Special One Krumbaga!
The Special One has asked me to comment on his behalf; the Special One
says he would like to add his voice to this discourse. The Special One regrets
why such an inept comparism would be made between Mr Seun and Linda Ikeji knowning fully well that both operate from different grounds.
These are his premises:
1. The Special one in his wisdom (which transcends reason) says the OP of this post looks naive, he also apologises if he has provoked some thoughts. why would the OP say Nairaland looks idiotic on the desktop?
The Special One says that to him, nairaland is "highly optimised"; nairaland is serving the exact purpose for which it was created, to disseminate knowledge through discourses. The Special One believes that Mr Seun has a reason why he has not decided to modify the apperance of the forum. Nairaland is highly accessible by both the rich and the poor network connection, this forum loads very fast even with the poorest network. I, on my part have tried it via recursive DNS tunnelling and to my surprise, it was if I was browsing via a TCP connection.
2. Saying that it chases away potential customers, the Special One believes the OP erred there. This forum is accessed by intellectual/ higher animals and as such, one searching for knowledge would go any length to obtain it. Knowledge gotten by reason (a source of knowledge) has no bounds; it can permeate anything and crosses all boundaries.
3. The Special One totally disagrees that nairaland has low income earners than high income earners. I'm pretty sure that even top business executives and top govenment functionaires do visit nairaland than Linda's blog. Nairaland is a forum that has helped a lot of people in terms of job vacancies, health, education, technology if you look all these you will see that they are vital in the growth of the nation.
I, the writer was able to do my importation from USA standalone, without any help, but nairaland.com. I don't think there is anything like linda's blog in my diary. Pleas who is she?
Do you know the number of people that have gained employment through nairaland forum? the number of people whose businesses have been transformed through nairaland.com? the number of people whose health issues have been solved through nairaland? and much more?
The Special One also doesn't know who is Linda Ikeja, perhaps she is a musician or artiste, because they are the kind of people who make such noise (I call it noise because the frequency is not rhythmic), because she bought a RangeRover Sports the whole world must know. Mr Seun (Oga at the top) is not like that; he's much more than that. I think I've read that Mr Seun has a lot of expensive pets, even a Tibetan Mastiff (I'm not too Sure)
4. Saying nairaland.com is full of scammers, I don't concur to that . I call such a statment fallacious (inductive reasoning). Mind you, you can't expect an ideal system, what is feasible is a real system with least imperfections.
we are all striving to be perfect, meaning that we try to eliminate/reduce our imperfections. Nairaland.com, to the Special One, Krumbaga is highly geninue; there are lots of positive testimonies attested to nairaland.com than the negative ones.
5. Nairaland has no face. Some school of thoughts, the Special One ascribes to this, says: "if you want to hide anything from a blackman, hide it in the book; the blackman doesn't read".
What face else do you need than the forum itself, which is light and easily accessible by even the magical wand.
Even if we divert attention to their personalities, Mr Seun ranks LIGHT YEARS ahead of Linda.
The Special One jokingly said:"Linda is a sub set of Seun"
what I could interpet from the Special One statement is Linda might be popular among her folks (who some people call gossipers), but overall, Mr Seun is more Popular. I can categorically tell you it is nairaland.com that old mamas (mummy), daddy access not Linda's blog.
I know of a woman who prefers accessing nairaland to get the latest happenings in the country and world at large than visiting online dalies.
6. The Special One would want to say a million thanks to Mr. Seun for his visionary work in setting up nairaland.com, nairaland has soared against all odds.
Mr Seun is a good man that has the people at heart. Moderate advert rates that could suit the nano, micro, small, medium and large scale enterprises; fast load page and very high intellectual content. It was at nairaland.com I got to know about black holes which I'm even still searching to get more understanding about it.
Mind you, If Mr Seun were to maximize nairaland.com for financial benefits, Linda would have been no where to catch him (that is if Linda is ahead of Mr Seun). He got the traffic which has even been helping baby bloggers who are fond of stuffing posts with hyperlinks, he got the ranking and low bounce rate.

NOTE: Differences between Nairaland and Linda's blog. For those that might be asked the question in their exams.
1. Nairaland is a forum while Linda's is a blog.
2. According to Alexa.com ( a reputable web ranking firm), nairaland is the #920 in a world of over 1 billion websites and #7 in Nigeria while Linda's world ranking should be nothing below #2000 and #11 in Nigeria.
3. nairaland is hosted and paid for by Mr Seen while Linda enjoys a free host by blogger.
4. Nairaland spends more time and resources (intellectual, money) to maintain our servers and prevent them from hackers while Linda spends less or nothing at all on maintenance.
5.Mr Seun is a Scientist and inventor while Linda is a blogger.
6. you could add yours

The Special One has some reservations:
-He thinks the mods need more discipline, there are some topics that are not supposed to make front page.
-he thinks Mr Seen should consider about having not only an e-face, but a legal face that could stand for and against litigations in the court of law; It's high time nairaland got incorporated and our office reopened to keep Linda's e-dogs sleeping.




Long LIve Mr Seun
Long Live Nairaland.com
Long Live the Special One Krumbaga
Thanks.

Viktor
SA to Krumbaga

thechemist01: in fact this is why our profs. in d university needs to go into extensive research coz i know one tin for sure.......US scientist also have 1 head like us too

Greeting from the Special One! Krumbaga!!!
having read your post to him, the special one would like to let you know that in as much as they both (Nigerians and Americans: White Americans) have same head or carcass; majority of black definitely have a wide difference in IQ as compared to white Americans and as such, cannot proceed to the third level of knowldege, which comes in a flash (the gifted knowledge) for which the special one is rarely blessed.

Greetings from Krumbaga's temple: The only wise one that sees tomorrow.
Now to the issue at hand.
If you had followed my posts, you would have seen where the wise one said he had some shocking revelations about Michael Obichukwu of which he refused to let out.
Michael! Michael!! Michael!!! Michael has to change now, I repeat NOW or else what he is going to see in Chelsea during the end won't be bearable for him.
One thing is very certain, from what the special one saw on his broomstick, Michael is now playing with a number 20 jersey. he has to change now else it's gonna befall him.
I'm out.

Hello all!
In as much as cortana is giving 100% prediction, I would advise you all to not be deceived, fascinated, too gullible to those events, none can be compared to the predictions of the special one, Krumbaga! I repeat, none. Krumbaga's predictions have always come to pass and he even advises on ways to reverse circumstances because he sees every that happens on the cosmos on his intelligent broomstick.
A word is enough for the wise!
I'm out.

KRUMBAGA'S NEVER LIES!
Reporting from the temple of the special one, Krumbaga!!!
If you followed my post earlier on this page you would see where krumbaga made some shocking revelations about the match between Colombia and Brazil and most of them came to pass.
-predicted that no more than 3 goals could be scored after watching the match on the wireless broomstick.
-Predicted that Colombia WOULD win by 2 - 1 but it could be reversed if the Colombians are not disciplined. why? because of the similarity yellow colour of their national flag. It was actually reversed in favour of the Brazilians.
Even when people were predicting a 4,5 goals for Brazil, the special one warned them that they shouldn't be deceived by their thoughts as only 3 goals were possible in that game. it actually came to pass.
The special one has also a note of warning for the Nigerian Skipper, Michael Obichukwu who plays his trade in the Blues. I can't reveal that now because they a shocking.
I leave you with the peace of the special one.
Happy weekend

Ekundayo7: THAT'S CALLED "PRESSURE"

A predetermined event!

harrysterol: Vry cheap goal, it ws colombia defensive error,........mtchhwwwww

playing according to the script of the special one, Krumbaga

Okiki_Oluwa:
Never!
God forbid!
Gbes!
E dobale!
Ait!
E fo soke.
Gbes!
E fi oro sile!
Ti won ba gbori wa won a pa lori!
Na hin be say o!
Brazil go win o!
Last Bullet

with only two goals left to be scored in this match!

mencade5: Colombia will lose by 5 - 0

Please don't be deceived by your thoughts. Krumbaga, the special one, says that there CANNOT be more than three goals in total scored by both teams.
I leave you in peace of the wise one.
Thanks.

Live from Krumbaga's Temple.
Brazil 1 - Colombia 2
Brazil would have a penalty and miss it
Colombia can't score more than three goals in this match as goals seen from the broom stick did not exceed three in total.
Colombia has to show a very high sense of discipline lest the score sheet would be turned in favour of Brazil. The spcial one says it is possible due to the fact that Colombia and Brazil share a common yellow in their national flag.
A word is enough for the wise!