x:y

Hi Alan,

gosh, I don't even have a slightest clue where to start...how to start....I'm looking at this..but just do not know at all what to do..I have just googled..found something..maybe.....just give me a minute or so, I'll come back to you..

Alan,

I really do not know....I'm thinking something like this:

${x \over y}=-1$

so then $x=-y$

so then $x+y=0$

However, it is given that $x+y=2$

uuhh, Alan...I don't know...this makes me feel so utterly stupid!

Alan, Thanx for walking me through this...honestly, you will never realise how much this means!!..okay, x:y = 3:2

that gives $2x=3y$

which can go to $2x-3y=0$

Nothing can be factored..soooo, mabe then I should look at simultaneous equations???, meaning...

$2x-3y=0.....(1)$

$x+y=2$

$x=2-y.....(2)$

(2) in (1)

$2(2-y)-3y=0$

$4-2y-3y=0$

$-5y=-4$

$y= {4 \over 5}...(3)$

(3) in (2)

$x=2- {4 \over5}$

$x={6 \over5}$

So x then is 6\5 and y is 4\5

Is this correct maybe??..

Looks good!

Hey hey!!!..what do you know!!!!...whoop whoop!..I am really excited!!..Thank you sir!