Why Is Algebra Important?

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Hello Linwood, I liked your example. It's crazy that we often here that Algebra is useless. But fortunately after taking math classes we know that's incorrect. Not only does knowing Algebra help with your critical thinking skills, you can actually use it in everyday life as well! Here's an example: My new car was low on coolant and I decided that I needed to fill up the reservoir with some more. I had a partly full jug of coolant that had been marked as a 70/30 mixture of antifreeze and water (70% antifreeze and 30% water). This was a problem as in most cases coolant mixtures should be 50% water and 50% antifreeze. So how much distilled water should I add to the jug to make the resulting mixture 50/50? Here's where some critical thinking

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