Boredom

JACOB

With the beginning of a new month, came the beginning of new classes. I was excited about finally getting to learn about enchantments and magical combat, but before I could get to those classes I had to sit through classes on math, physics, and biology. That wouldn't be so bad if it was at college level. Here, however...

"If you are told that your friend has three gold more than you, and you have five gold, how many gold does your friend have? If we mark the unknown amount of gold your friend has as 'x' then we can express the relationship between how much gold you have and how much gold your friend has as 5 = x - 3. In other words, in order for the amount of gold you have to be equal to the amount of gold your friend has, the amount of gold your friend has must be reduced by 3. If we add 3 to both sides we will find that x = 8, so your friend has 8 gold."