Progressive newspaper has math problems

I saw something I have never seen before in a newspaper. The San
Antonio paper, on the page with the cross words, Soduku, etc, had an
algebra problem....multiplying binomials using the FOIL rule and
simplifying it. I wonder what portion of the population could solve
this algebra problem? I'm guessing it would be something under 3% of
adults. I don't subscribe to the paper so don't know if it has one
every day or one every week or if they are always algebra, but I
really like the idea and find it refreshing. dkw

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