years ago‚ the eagle was 7 times as old as the falcon. Find the present age of each bird. Solution x = falcon’s age now 4x = eagle’s age now {the eagle is 4 times as old as falcon} x - 3 = falcon’s age 3 years ago 4x - 3 = eagle’s age 3 years ago 4x – 3 = 7(x – 3) {three years ago‚ eagle was 7 times the falcon} 4x – 3 = 7x – 21 {used distributive property} 4x = 7x -18 {added 3 to both sides} -3x = -18 {subtracted 7x from both sides} x = 6 {divided
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劉芸榛 My name is Jane. I want to talk about my future. Now I am a senior in Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages. My major is Japanese and minor is English. I have studied Japanese for 6 years. I don’t know what to do at first place even I have learned Japanese for so long time. I thought I would not have a specific purpose till I graduate. But later‚ I decided to be an interpreter after I have some working experience as an interpreter through my college. I’m inspired by these experiences and I found
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Antigone was Courageous The classic play Antigone written by Sophodes tells us about a crazy adventure of justice‚ mercy and tragedy. It starts with a young girl named Antigone; she experiences great loss when her father and two brothers are killed. Her brother‚ Polynises was a great fighter‚ but was not given a proper burial and his body was left on the battlefield to wrought. Antigone was not happy with this out come. Antigone didn’t want her brother to die like this‚ so she took the risk to
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Boy‚ Was I Wrong! Where I can find soaring footballs‚ bro-fist-bumps‚ bimbos with the nice bodies‚ boisterous all night ragers with toxic amounts of drugs and alcohol till five in the morning‚ and ignorance beyond belief‚ I can find a frat house filled with the jerk-ish charm of Greek life’s loveliest brothers of a fraternity that has some unpronounceable Greek name. These pictures are similar to the ones depiction in most movies about the college life and are usually aimed towards high schoolers
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If I were the principle of my school I would try to make my school an ideal school by introducing various reforms. I would make some classes shorter. If there were two classes of the same period on a day I would not keep them together. I would keep a recess or another period between the two. I would give proper care and personal involvement to children. Bookish knowledge would not be pumped into their heads. All efforts would be made to enhance the moral and mental intellect of students so that
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Partition was it worth it? India‚ in many people’s opinion is a very beautiful‚ culturally rich‚ and traditionally country. It is a place with gorgeous grand architecture‚ fashionable attire‚ and wonderful people. India is a country in South Asia‚ with a population of roughly about 1‚210‚193‚422. This is the place where many religions were born‚ religions such as Hinduism‚ Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ Islam‚ and Sikhism. It is also a place with a very dark history‚ a tragic experience for hundreds
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The article ‘James VI and I: Two Kings or One?’ explores how it was possible that two nations could hold such drastically different views of their monarch‚ and is a convincing and compelling challenge to the stereotypically hostile historiography of James I. Wormald argues that the misconception of James I is a direct result of Jacobean author Anthony Weldon’s scathing descriptions of him‚ and the Stuart vilification that arose due to xenophobia and a deeply embedded distrust of the Scots. Wormald
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A character that I have found interesting in Thursdays child by Sonya Hartnett is Devon‚ I found this character interesting because he never quite gives up on his dream of owning a pony‚ he is very stubborn and shows this by bluntly asking Cable “would you pay me Mr Cable?” showing he would only do work if there was a chance that he could get money for his pony. He is also very headstrong and shows this when Audrey complains about Cable he says “Ill kill him I swear”‚ showing he is very rash. Another
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What I heredate I will redeem At first it seems to be just a short story about an Indian guy who is currently living in the streets‚ but when you see thru the lines you realize there is more to know about the symbolism behind the journey of Jackson Jackson and his grandmother’s regalia. The author seems pretty close to Native American history‚ because he’s one Spokane Indian‚ like Jackson in the story. What this means is that the inside of the story is right beneath Alexie personal life. None
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against Queen Rosmore of the fairy world to keep her mother’s fairy shadow from her in the hope of saving her true love from certain death. She has to deal with the death of her mother‚ and the rule of a preacher and a stepmother who is not at all kind like her mother. Main Characters Coriander Hobie: A girl who had only known happiness before the tragic death of her mother‚ and the warrant for the arrest of her father was issued. Coriander is the main character of the story; she starts off as a child
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