more on algebra word problems



(defparameter trial2 '(Fran's age divided by Robin's height is one half 
Kelly's IQ |.|
          Kelly's IQ minus 80 is Robin's height |.|
          if Robin is 4 feet tall |,| how old is Fran ?))

Can be translated into
[fran/robin = kelly/2, kelly-80=robin, robin=4,how=fran];
by Norvig's program.

Maybe I'll do it myself...


Richard Fateman wrote:

>
> Translating algebra word problems, by some hacks, like those
> in Chapter 7 of Norvig's book, Paradigms of AI programming,
> could be put into a Macsyma package.