Carson Huey-You, an 11-year-old boy genius from Texas, could work that problem out with ease.
In fact, he has been solving algebra problems since he was a toddler, and now uses this division of mathematics "to relax".
The pint-sized child prodigy has just embarked on a university degree in quantum physics and soon will be tackling problems like this:
Prove that taking the limit as h→0 for the average quantum mechanical energy (hν e hν k B T −1) yields the average classical energy (k B T ).**
Carson, who is also taking classes in calculus, history and religion, has just begun his first semester at the Texas Christian University (TCU) in Dallas.
He is expected to graduate as a quantum physicist at the age of 15 or 16 and may go one to complete a PhD, by the age of 20.
Carson attends classes with his mother, Claretta, and was so young he could not apply for university entry online because the software would not accept an applicant born in 2002.
According to NBC5 in Dallas, Claretta Huey-You said her son was reading books by the age of two and could add, subtract, multiply and divide by age three.
He attended high school aged five and also speaks Mandarin and plays Beethoven on the piano.
His intellectual capability at such a young age was described as "completely off the grid" and he scored both a high mark and impressive marks in his university admission interview.
TCU's youngest entrant said he had managed to "make a few friends" in his first few days and he's not all academia.
Carson likes video games, his favourite movie is Star Wars and he loves the Chronicles of Narnia book series, plus wrestling with his younger brother.
That would be seven-year-old brother, Cannan, who is another prodigy in the making.
Cannan is already doing schoolwork at an eighth-grade level, which is usually for children aged 13 and 14.
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