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To: RightWhale
Don't worry about associative and distributive and two trains problems in the beginning, but do work the cut and dried arithmetic problems. When you can factor quadratics like a pro, you are getting there.

A lot of that was Greek to me, so I know for a fact I should DEFINITELY start over with simple arithmetic! LOL You know the weird thing is...I never did well when I had to "show my work". I would skip a step or two, and when I did, I would somehow arrive at the correct answer. When I had to show each step, I was sure to screw it up. Overthinking, I suppose. :)

106 posted on 07/22/2005 1:21:29 PM PDT by exnavychick (There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
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To: exnavychick

You will be developing methods. At first it will be really simple stuff, but later when you get to methods of integration it will be very important to note exactly what steps you do when you solve a problem. Some methods are two-step and if you can just bang those out you will be at the level expected of grad students. That's why grad students don't solve problems so much as prove theorems; they are expected to know how to solve problems already.


113 posted on 07/22/2005 1:44:35 PM PDT by RightWhale (Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
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