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ORIGINAL: defiantbadgirl

Is there a calculator in existence where one can enter an entire algebra problem exactly the way it looks (basically copy it) and the calculator will give an accurate answer?
 
NOPE.
 
I can figure most basic math easily without a calculator (which is more than some people can do), but find algebra extremely confusing. So far nobody has been able to explain algebra in a way I can understand it.
 
Aye, there's the rub.  I'm appalled at the way algebra is "taught."
 
Can a calculator figure all algebra problems for me without me having to understand them?
 
As someone else has said, "You NEED to understand."
 
I'm good at all other subjects and don't want to be denied a degree and lose my financial aid all because of one subject - math.

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

The train gets to Chicago at 1:37 p.m.

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

Purchasing one part at a time is not being a purchasing agent. Sorry. I could have a 10 year old do that.

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

Might it be worth talking to a dean to see if there's another math class--geometry, statistics?--you could take in place of algebra?

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

Purchasing one part at a time is not being a purchasing agent. Sorry. I could have a 10 year old do that.

Actually purchasing one part at a time when you are building custom control panels is not unusual. Of course you do that over and over all day long, so in actuality you are ordering many parts in a day. Then you throw in the larger orders that amazingly enough can be calculated with basic math. Maybe if you saw an actual purchase order it would help you understand.

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

Of course its simple math! There is no complicated 'math' - its that ability to solve the simple math in the proper order that gives you ALGEBRA. (75/1000)*200 is exactly what you wrote, you just did the ALGEBRA part in your head and solved the two 'simple math' problems.

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ORIGINAL: BossyShoeBitch

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

Might it be worth talking to a dean to see if there's another math class--geometry, statistics?--you could take in place of algebra?

Statistics instead of algebra? Are you crazy?

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

Of course its simple math! There is no complicated 'math' - its that ability to solve the simple math in the proper order that gives you ALGEBRA. (75/1000)*200 is exactly what you wrote, you just did the ALGEBRA part in your head and solved the two 'simple math' problems.

No I took two KNOWN numbers and divided, then multiplied. Now if I called my vendor and asked for a price and he gave me the total due and told me to figure for X to find the individual cost, I might have to do algebra, but I would probably find a new supplier first.

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

Purchasing one part at a time is not being a purchasing agent. Sorry. I could have a 10 year old do that.

Actually purchasing one part at a time when you are building custom control panels is not unusual. Of course you do that over and over all day long, so in actuality you are ordering many parts in a day. Then you throw in the larger orders that amazingly enough can be calculated with basic math. Maybe if you saw an actual purchase order it would help you understand.

Perhaps if you considered ordering more than one part at a time from a vendor you could save your company money on shipping and get larger order discounts. I couldn't imagine placing orders one part at a time - you miss out on so much savings. And as for seeing a PO, I personally sign anywhere between 200K and 1M per month worth of them.. Occasionally more.

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

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ORIGINAL: BossyShoeBitch

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ORIGINAL: dcnovice

Might it be worth talking to a dean to see if there's another math class--geometry, statistics?--you could take in place of algebra?

Statistics instead of algebra? Are you crazy?

Is statistics even worse? I haven't taken it myself.

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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

Most all algebra "problems" are TOTALLY un-realistic.  But, guess what?  Those are the ones she must solve.
 
P.S.  I use trig many, many times each day.
 

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: PilotPTK

Of course its simple math! There is no complicated 'math' - its that ability to solve the simple math in the proper order that gives you ALGEBRA. (75/1000)*200 is exactly what you wrote, you just did the ALGEBRA part in your head and solved the two 'simple math' problems.

No I took two KNOWN numbers and divided, then multiplied. Now if I called my vendor and asked for a price and he gave me the total due and told me to figure for X to find the individual cost, I might have to do algebra, but I would probably find a new supplier first.

What if the original supplier was the cheapest and or most reliable? I'd fire you on the spot if you tanked a reliable vendor because you couldn't figure algebra without their help.

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I LOVED algebra and geometry.