Work the case by doing the math. One marker at a time.
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RANK ON COMPLETION: STAFF SERGEANTWEEK 24
LT. IRIS LOCKE: "Like terms combine. If two shells act like one entity, the law of the ledger says collect them and simplify."
THE MISSING VALUES DOCKET // EPISODE 6 // THE LIKE TERMS
Case file six. Two shell companies, Quince Holdings and Quince Consolidated, file as one taxpayer whenever it saves money and as two whenever it hides it.
PREVIOUSLY The Distributed Front factored to one playbook squared on the Plumb base. Five strings taut.
THE CASE Clerk Mabel Quince runs both shells, splitting income into unlike-looking terms that always simplify to the same owner.
Filed by the quartermaster, Pippa George.
Crew name: Class key:
The run will not start without a name. Ten markers, three hint tiers each. Written work handed in class is the gate: no paper, no credit.
Run Voucher
Crew: Class key: Course: Algebra 1 (THE UNKNOWN) Run component: The Like Terms Rank on completion: Staff Sergeant POINTS AWARDED: on the 5 point scale (whole number, never a percent) Ledger: entry 6 of 8, filed and carried to Ground Truth Hint tiers used: Quartermaster of record: Pippa George Run date:
PIPPA GEORGE · QUARTERMASTER STAMP
Paper gate: written work handed in class is the gate. No paper, no credit.