Quote Originally Posted by Queer is King View Post
SOMEONE HELP ME WITH MA HOMEWORK!

The good news is that I started at 04, not 06 this time.
Example:

2 identical boxes on one side of a scale equally balance a 9 ounce box on the other side. How heavy are the 2 boxes?


Common sense says the boxes are 4.5 ounces each, but my son answered that, and got it wrong.

What kind of wacky algebra-give-a-letter-for-an-answer-even-though-letters-arent-math-answers problem is this?