pose vs solve

pose

verb
  • To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.). 

  • To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.). 

  • To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude. 

  • To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal. 

  • To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration. 

  • To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. 

noun
  • Affectation. 

  • Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body). 

solve

verb
  • To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out. 

  • to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime) 

  • To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions. 

  • To loosen or separate the parts of. 

  • To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities. 

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