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Main Forums => Homework Help => Topic started by: rogue_77 on February 10, 2010, 09:23:47 PM
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So one of my last math tests had the question;
What is needed to make an equation?
I'll tell you what the teacher said the answer was after I get a few responses, if I get responses, or I'll just let you ponder that one. =)
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One or more unknowns.
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at minimum, two numbers, a symbol between them, and an equal sign. duh! :-P
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Actually, I like this definition...
an expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities
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What is needed to make an equation?
Two equals held in comparison.
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According to my teach no right answer has been given yet.
I will post his answer tomorrow(or technically later today).
My answer was a mathematical process and I got it wrong also.
I'll try to get more of his reasoning on his answer too.
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I await with breath abated.
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Brush your teeth, Ivan.
So what class is this in?
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Brush your teeth, Ivan.
That's what SHE said. HA-HA!
...waitaminute...
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I'll take a stab before we find out.
What is needed to make an equation?
This: =
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3>2 asserts the equality of two quantities and doesn't have an '='
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That's an inequality.
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which is one of the two possible assertions of an equality.
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Nerds.
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My bad, the actual question was something like "What process do you use to separate terms?" or something like that.
Hopefully this works.... Highlight below to see the teachers answer.
The answer that the teacher gave is addition.
It can't be subtraction because that is the opposite of addition and no other function separates terms.
The class I'm taking in elementary algebra and the teacher is doing the class weird. He's not lecturing for the class and breaking the entire class into groups of 4 and its on each group to make sure each other member knows what they are doing. He asks theory questions on each test like "What are the differences between slope, slope intercept and slope something else and when do you use each one" and other ones. For everyone in the group to move on to the next chapter he averages the scores of the 4 and if you all averaged 70% you may move on. So if one person failed and the rest passed the failer passed also.
Now I actually think its an interesting way to do a math class but the guy doesn't lecture at all and only answers questions after he's seen the group has "put critical thought into it." Doesn't matter if that thought is in the wrong direction and you've wasted time looking at it wrong.
So yeah..... I'm basically having to teach myself math from a textbook with little to no help and the textbooks not all that great.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy math but I'd rather study it on my own time and not have to worry about dragging down 3 others. =P
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Huh... I rarely smite people.
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So I gave a bad answer . . to the wrong question . .
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/squirelmasta772/facepalm.jpg)
Ugh.
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Ugh, my Algebra II teacher gives us those same sort of questions. I like solving equations, not knowing what separates the variables, numbers, etc., or knowing what's required to make one.
Whatever. Kudos to your teacher for being intelligent. Better than most =_=
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Nerds.
Of course were nerds. This forum is called The GEEK Forum.
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Keep this up and you might just need to be called Necroweb.
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So yeah..... I'm basically having to teach myself math from a textbook with little to no help and the textbooks not all that great.
This is perhaps the most valuable lesson you can be taught. Let me explain: You talk about the groups of 4 and the person that fails still passes thanks to the efforts of others. When I was in university, we had a similar system. The problem with it is that the person that fails has no incentiev to change their behavior since they know you'll pull their weight. As such, one person on my team managed to get a university degree without knowing how to use a computer or type. He was a true dumbass frat boy, and I'm sure he still his today.
I thought this was unfair and a bad thing. It was frustrating. Of course, it was less of a hassle to do his work and carry the extra load a soppose to attempt to address the problem and make him accountable, which may lead to you being penalised in the end if he fails too much! It was only until I had many years of experience on the market place that I realised this is how the world works. About 1 in 4 are incompetent individuals, or are high skilled but low will. They get by regradless because of the efforts of others. So really, what you're teacher has set up is a system that reflects reality, except you'll only learn the lesson long after you've completed that class.
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a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal