If my tutor would HELP me...
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Hmm... It sounds like your textbook omitted the topic, your instructor didn't cover the material in class, and your tutor is refusing to meet with you. (Else you'd have had at least some idea "where to start" on this exercise.) How unfortunate! :shock:Verridith said:
Since we cannot replace the missing chapter(s) in your book, provide the missing hours of classroom instruction, or find a tutor who will meet with you after you've paid him, you will either need to find a reputable and responsible tutor, or else attempt to do self-study. (I'm assuming you're already working with your school's administration regarding the useless textbook and the missing-in-action instructor.)
You could try a different text; there are "Dummies" type books for algebra that you might find helpful. Otherwise, you might want to think about online self-study. There are loads of great lessons available:
. . . . .Google results for "negative numbers"
. . . . .Google results for "working with variables"
. . . . .Google results for "combining like terms"
. . . . .Google results for "simplifying parentheses"
...and finally:
. . . . .Google results for "solving linear equations"
Good luck!
Eliz.
2(-5a+7)=-a
What is it you are trying to do with this? In other words, what are the instructions at the top of this group of exercises or problems? No matter what the instructions are, a start is to use the distributive law to remove the parenthesis. When and if you come back for more help, please show us what you have done so far and what you think the next step should be.
What is it you are trying to do with this? In other words, what are the instructions at the top of this group of exercises or problems? No matter what the instructions are, a start is to use the distributive law to remove the parenthesis. When and if you come back for more help, please show us what you have done so far and what you think the next step should be.
Verridith said:
Normally, I would suggest that a student in your "terrible" situation arrange to have a conference between your parents and your teacher.
OH WAIT...your parents ARE your teachers!! (You're homeschooled, right) And your tutor has "too many people in his class....???" That makes no sense to me. If you have a tutor, you should be getting (at the very least!!) small-group instruction. And your parents are paying for this tutor, I assume. Can't they express their dissatisfaction with the help you're being given?
Thus my feeling that homeschooling is a subtle form of child abuse.
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the implied question is "What does the variable a equal?"
2[-5a+7]=-a distribute the 2
2[-5a]+2[7] =-a clear the bracket
-10a +14 =-a add 10a to each side of the = sign
14=-a+10a
14=9a divide both sides by 9
14/9=a answer
proof
2[-5[14/9] +7]=? -14/9]
-10[14/9] +14 =?-14/9]
-140/9 +14 =? -14/9 but 14 = 126/9
-140/9 + 126/9 =? -14/9
-14/9 =? -14/9 proof
Arthur
2[-5a+7]=-a distribute the 2
2[-5a]+2[7] =-a clear the bracket
-10a +14 =-a add 10a to each side of the = sign
14=-a+10a
14=9a divide both sides by 9
14/9=a answer
proof
2[-5[14/9] +7]=? -14/9]
-10[14/9] +14 =?-14/9]
-140/9 +14 =? -14/9 but 14 = 126/9
-140/9 + 126/9 =? -14/9
-14/9 =? -14/9 proof
Arthur
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If one assumes that one self-contradictory post from one (claimed) participant is actually representative of an entire sector of society, then perhaps this conclusion could be justified. :shock:Mrspi said:
Fortunately, there is ample evidence to the contrary, such as the current high-growth area of the industry: inner-city minority parents, having been denied vouchers for their children, are homeschooling to provide their children with better opportunities and greater safety (that is, protection from abuse).
Eliz.
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However, I see many students - I mean many - being home-schooled without proper guidance. In effort to protect the student from "abuse", some of the parents are creating socially inept, and intellectually-deficient-creatures of society. They are very good at math test, spelling test, geography bee - but strikingly inept at applied sciences (like physics, chemistry, etc.). Vast majority of the parents lack the skills to be a teacher (a good teacher as opposed to pointing to the books and go at it). When the dad/mom are not comfortable with fifth grade word problem - they really cannot help the kid with algebra II.
My children went through public school system - did very very well. I took active part in their education (one of my sons said that they were home-schooled and school-schooled - double whammy). Not being a teacher - I did not know all the "wholes" of curiculum to be filled - the school did that part and acted as review session for them. I have my neighbors all around me being home-schooled. They come to me regularly for math. Very bright children - but they were taught math the same way they were taught spelling. I am not saying that in a public/private school the situation would have been better - I am saying that home-schooling is not producing (at least in these cases) any better. If they went to the school;s my children did - they would be served better.
My children went through public school system - did very very well. I took active part in their education (one of my sons said that they were home-schooled and school-schooled - double whammy). Not being a teacher - I did not know all the "wholes" of curiculum to be filled - the school did that part and acted as review session for them. I have my neighbors all around me being home-schooled. They come to me regularly for math. Very bright children - but they were taught math the same way they were taught spelling. I am not saying that in a public/private school the situation would have been better - I am saying that home-schooling is not producing (at least in these cases) any better. If they went to the school;s my children did - they would be served better.