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Many day-to-day problems can be solved most easily with the aid of a little elementary algebra. Examples in this chapter will treat currency exchanges, speed and distance problems, mixtures, levers, and conversions between Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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Driver, R.D. (1984). Elementary Equations. In: Why Math?. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1108-2_4
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