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X is shown, while the words "Finds Out His Value" appear next to and below him, forming the title "X Finds Out His Value".
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Four notices X, sitting beside a tree, bored.
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X! What's wrong? You look depressed!
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Oh, I dunno. I just don't know what I am; what my value is...
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Then, let's go to the Equation Playground!
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Cut to scene where they go to the Equation Playground
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So, this is the Equation Playground?
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Yeah! Now, we find an empty seesaw, put you on one side, and take something else...
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Four picks up Eight.
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Huh?!
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...And put it on the other!
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Eight is put onto the seesaw. The seesaw leans to the right, reading x < 8.
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Too heavy! So, we... add some more!
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Four throws a 2 and another x onto the seesaw, with the seesaw now leaning to the left, reading 2x+x > 8.
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Nope.
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Four throws on some more numbers, including himself. Eventually, the seesaw is balanced with the equation reading 2x+4+x = 8+2(3+x)-3.
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Ooh! It's equal! Now, we can figure out your value!
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But, Four, there are too many numbers! We'll never figure it out!
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Sure, we can! If we do it step by step, and use a pencil!
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Four holds a pencil up to the camera. The pencil shines.
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So, let's get started! One thing we can do is add these two... TOGETHER!
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Four adds X with the 2x on the same side, making 3x.
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How did you do that?! We weren't even touching!
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They don't have to be!
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Could we do it if we were touching?
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Yeah! We can also put these together!
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Four adds 8 and -3 from the same side, making 5.
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"5"? Wouldn't it be 11 because 8 plus 3 is 11?
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No, because, we're putting together 8 and minus 3, or, -3, so it's 5!
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Oh... I see something! We can... add these.
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X takes the pencil and adds the 5 with the 2 on the same side, making 7. The seesaw leans to the right, reading 3x+4 < 7(3+x).
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Oof!
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(Simultaneously) Oof!
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Why did that happen?
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Four reverts the 7(3+x) back into 5+2(3+x), and the seesaw rebalances.
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Because the 2 is connected to the "3+x".
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Oh! Uh... so?
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It's like adding apples and oranges; you can't!
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So, what do we do?
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Okay... see the "2(3+x)"?
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Yeah?
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That's the same as "2*3 + 2*x"...
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Four splits the equation like so.
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...Which is "6+2x".
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Four multiplies the numbers like so.
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Oh, and 5 plus 6 is 11!
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X adds the numbers like so.
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Yes! Now, we have to move things around.
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Four highlights a "2x" from the opposite side.
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We have to move this "2x" to this side.
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Oh! So, "5x"?
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X adds the numbers like so, making 5x. The seesaw leans to the left, reading 5x+4 > 11.
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Oof!
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(Simultaneously) Oof!
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Whenever you switch sides, you have to switch its sign. So, if it's positive, it turns negative, and vice versa.
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Why?...
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Think of it this way: you're subtracting "2x" from each side.
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The numbers are reverted and a diagram is displayed, showing the progress.
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Oh! So, it'd be... just "1x", or "x"?
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The numbers are subtracted like so, with the diagram fading away, with the equation reading x+4 = 11.
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Correct! Now, do the same with me, 4.
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Oh, okay. 11 minus 4 is... 7.
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X subtracts the numbers like so, making 7.
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So, now what do I do?
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What's there left to do?
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X observes the seesaw, noticing the equation now reads x = 7, meaning...
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Oh! X equals 7, so, I'm 7!
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X jumps off the seesaw to dance with Four, while Seven is seen also dancing in the background.
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Yeah! And, it's lucky, too!
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Pan to a shot of One and Three standing next to each other, making 13.
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Hmph!
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The credits roll.
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(offscreen) So, now that you know your value, what do you want to do?
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(offscreen) I'm gonna celebrate by playing with Five and Three!
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(offscreen) Hm, sounds fun!
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Credits show the computer game Minesweeper being played as the video ends
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