I Hate Algebra
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We'll assume you mean it like this. And I'm using £ symbols because I'm from England and I'm more used to it, but I mean $ symbols in the context.
Question:
Sue withdraws £25 per week to spend on shoes. After six weeks she has £425 left in her account. How much did she have in her account six weeks ago?
Answer:
Take x = amount of money she had before. So we need to find x.
x - (6*25) = 425
=> x = 425 + (6*25)
= 425 + 150
=> x = 575
So she had £525 six weeks before. Simples!
Question:
Sue withdraws £25 per week to spend on shoes. After six weeks she has £425 left in her account. How much did she have in her account six weeks ago?
Answer:
Take x = amount of money she had before. So we need to find x.
x - (6*25) = 425
=> x = 425 + (6*25)
= 425 + 150
=> x = 575
So she had £525 six weeks before. Simples!
Algebra is used in almost anything in everyday life. You can use it for doing your budget at home, or it might be necessary (nay, vital) for someone working in an office and needing to balance the books or whatever. A basic knowledge of algebra could be vital if you want to get promoted.Thaius said:
As far as university-level maths goes, I agree completely. I do Maths at BSc level, just ending my second year now, and it's all stuff that I'm never going to use in real life. However, some of the stuff (Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, for example, or Non-Linear Differential Equations) is fairly important for the career I intend to pursue, that is, working in games development (articularly in level design). It's also why I did an elective in Programming. But aside from that, most of the stuff I'm learning is pretty useless outside of the workplace, and often even within it...
Math is easy. Im two years ahead in math. Im taking Honors Algebra 2 as a freshman. The thing about math is, if you miss something earlier in the year, your fucked. Math continuosly builds on itself
Well, games programming is not games design. The designers are the ones with the vision, but who are not highly technical people, and we are just the code monkeys who have to listen to their ramblings and try to work out what they're talking about and how to turn that into a system that is close to what they envisioned. We have next to no input on the creative process. Observe:Shaun_Emmerich said:
Not far off the mark. But I ain't complaining.mokes310 said:Enjoy being bossed around by those who are/were more competent with language & interpersonal-relationship skills than you wereoktalist said:
Fark you.xXGeckoXx said:
Right now I have to combine Laplace Transforms [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace_Transform], Transfer Functions [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_function], Multivariable Calculus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariable_calculus] and Lagrangian Mechanics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_mechanics].
My problem is that I start thinking about something else in class, say, the plot of a movie I'd like to make. Then I have no idea how to do anything, and have to have the internet help me.
But algebra is so useful!
..........Yeah I'm a big Physics (and to a lesser extent) Maths geek.
Yay?
..........Yeah I'm a big Physics (and to a lesser extent) Maths geek.
Yay?
For me it's writing. I start writing a novel I want to get working on, and then I completely lose the lesson that's being taught.Ironic Pirate said:
Yeah, I believe that's what we did. I lost the sheet though, but I remember 525 wasn't the end of the quesiton. There was another step to it, because it involved redoing the equation and replacing b I think.Trivun said:
Math is awesome! You're just bad at it!
Or you're teacher has lots of typos and since you don't understand the subject you are further prevented from learning it by your teachers inability to type.
Either way, I think math is awesome.
Or you're teacher has lots of typos and since you don't understand the subject you are further prevented from learning it by your teachers inability to type.
Either way, I think math is awesome.
Hmm, can we mix the two together?mrpenguinismyhomeboy said:
I mean, I can the potential of me liking math - I guess I've just yet to have a decent teacher. I haven't found one who has given me enough inspiration to get myself buried in the subject. I mean, my English teacher is great at that, but my Math teacher... he's just... How do I put it? I feel like half the time, he might not know what he's talking about. He once told me how he'll ramble about something completely irrelevent for 15 minutes, to see how long we can hold on.
Can't we use that time to do some learning instead of him shoving it at us on our way out the door to do at home?
Yeah, sometimes it's a novel, just right now I've been "working" on a game for awhile. I'm up to the first radical plot shift...Shaun_Emmerich said:
EG,OM