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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2010, 09:01:32 AM »
What percentage of math help threads go off topic after 5 posts?
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2010, 10:26:57 AM »
ok like i need help with % of change with sales/taxes and discounts
all i remeber for that is IPRT which is for intrest it is

intrest= price X rate X tax (i think) correct me if i'm wrong

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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2010, 01:12:50 PM »
Tell me it's polynomials right? Cmon, it's polynomials....Please! I'm good at polynomials  :P I also like to say polynomials....and trinomials, anyway, I'll see if I can help once you narrow it down.  ;D





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im just starting polynomials liam, can u answer a question for me? do polynomials have a sloution or are they just this big line of variables and exponents?

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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2010, 02:41:28 AM »
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It very much depends on the polynomial and how you write it.

Suppose, for example, that you have the polynomial x3+x2+x+1 on its own. That has no solutions because it's not an equation. You could anyway work out the zeroes of that polynomial by letting it be equal to zero and solving x3+x2+x+1=0 . Then you'd get x3+x2+x+1 = (x+1)(x2+1) and you can't simplify it further.

On the other hand we've just found a polynomial that has no solutions, which was x2+1 = 0. Try any real number you can think of and you won't find one that satisfies this equation.

So not all polynomials have a solution when you're setting that polynomial equal to zero.



Of course, a few people would soon point out that in fact x2+1 =0 does have a solution, which is (x+i)(x-i), but I'm assuming that you've not learned about i and that you don't need to know yet. If, however, you're interested, i is the imaginary number that among other things allows all polynomials to have solutions. Its value is given by:

i2= -1.

That is, by definition it is the number that satisfies x2+1=0.
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2010, 02:17:18 PM »

they seem so extremely pointless, and now were throwing fractions into the mix :( i thought high school was fun

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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2010, 04:12:57 PM »
ah polynomials, i assume that it's the fancy term for quadratic equations yes?
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2010, 01:15:33 AM »
How do you mean?
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2010, 10:11:43 AM »
ah polynomials, i assume that it's the fancy term for quadratic equations yes?
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A polynomial is several monomials put together.  A monomial is one term, something like 4x2, and a polynomial is something like 6x4+x3+4x2+6.

In latin, mono means "one" and poly means "several" or "many."
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2010, 04:24:19 PM »
oi, algebra......

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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2010, 11:25:41 PM »
here iis some simple stuff

4x+5=13
4x+5-5=13-5
4x=8
[4x]/4=8/4
x=4
this prob to simple though

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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2010, 04:02:05 AM »
Actually, x=2.
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #26 on: October 15, 2010, 02:09:32 PM »
wow!!! havent seen this in ages lol. i am now in geometry and have a tutor at school :) i am having trouble with proofs, soo annoying and confusing unless u know thinks like def of congruent angles and such....
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #27 on: October 15, 2010, 09:04:15 PM »
Geometric proofs are really just a test on your memory and not skills.  Some of the theorems that you learn in geometry will be useful later on, others you will never use again.
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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2011, 10:34:46 PM »
Im gonna need some ibuprofen after all that! my head hurts  :XD:


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Re: Need help with algbra
« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2011, 12:05:13 PM »
Geometric proofs are really just a test on your memory and not skills.  Some of the theorems that you learn in geometry will be useful later on, others you will never use again.

Memory IS a skill!  :winkgrin:

Geometry proofs also involve "logical thinking" skills, since they prefer a "shortest solution" path, so you have to have the skill of "probable path" logical thinking.

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