Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2083299)

and on small errors

my professor was explaining to me that advanced algebra stops using numbers anyway

the point is to be able to come up with the formulas yourself which you do with variables

Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2083246)

New York already kicked my ass once. My memoirs don’t need a failed again 30 years later chapter.

Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2083300)

I wonder how many more IQ points I’d need to get to that level

Originally Posted by MarieMarie (Post 2083304)

It sounds way more magical than it is, it's basically the first step you take when you go study physics

Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2083306)

Are you saying I’m stupid?

Originally Posted by grindy (Post 2083310)

aka US educated.

Originally Posted by MarieMarie (Post 2083309)

No, I'm saying what Elph is talking about turns out to be easier than it sounds and you could get to that level without the extra IQ points

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2083291)

my maths professor is a softball grader that doesn't all or nothing you, but I got a 95% on my midterm

as long as you show your work, you can get partial credit even for a totally wrong answer like a "I see where you were going with that, but no" type of deal

regardless Algebra is not as difficult as I made it out to be in my head, you just memorize the steps and don't ask too many questions

there's usually multiple ways to solve a problem, but I always go for the one that just requires memorizing a formula, it always feels kinda like cheating but whatevs