she said that was what she got too but she didnt know if she was doing right. OK now for the real question.... have any of you all ever NEEDED to know how to work a problem like this in life? i for one have not!
PEACHCREEK, I ASKED MY ALGEBRA TEACHER IN HS AND COLLEGE THE EXACT SAME THING, BOTH OF THEIR RESPONSES WAS "YOU MAY NOT, BUT YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PROPER STEPS TO TAKE TO GET THROUGH A PROBLEM IN LIFE." I LAUGHED AND GOT SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL IN HS, IN COLLEGE I DIDNT LAUGH SO MUCH I LIKED MY PROFESSOR. IF I HAVE A PROBLEM IN LIFE THAT IS THAT DIFFICULT, ILL JUST SAY PISS ON IT HAHA.
While I have not used that exact thing it is similar to logical reasoning. Learning how to process the information logically is how many people approach many problems without realizing it. I did not realize just how much it comes into play until I took Symbolic Logic. You take an argument turn it into symbols and apply rules similar to Algebra. Now that I have used many times. There is a reason people do not like to argue with me. I do not argue points I analyze their argument and prove the argument wrong. It is an outstanding problem solving tool and good way to approach many problems in life. Stop think about it as math and think about it as a way of thinking and how to solve a problem without knowing all the facts. I think Algebra helps more than math. I can get a calculator to tell me 2+2 but when you do not know what you are dealing with and life is full of variables it gives you a way to tackle many of life's problems. If not it will kill your GPA too
