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Old 04-26-2010, 09:27 PM   #21
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That is a problem. Order of operations is important. Brackets are not implied, and coefficients are very important. Coefficients!
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Old 04-26-2010, 09:33 PM   #22
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That was an example - it's not the one I did. I think my problem is that when I see "-4x+5(3-5x)" I think it means "-4x plus 5" instead of just negative-four-x positive-five.
5 multiplies (3-5x) and you get

-4x + 15 -25x.

Similar terms are reduced:

15 - 29x

Since there's no "=", that's as far as I can go, but it shouldn't be that hard.
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Old 04-26-2010, 09:39 PM   #23
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By the way, this might help you in studying and checking homeworks and stuff like that. I know it did with me.
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All mathematicians are charlatans who make up stuff so they'll have jobs making the rest of humanity wonder what the fuck they're working on.

We need to return to the good old way of experimentation where you tried various things until shit stopped exploding. Fuck calculations, hit that shit with lightning until it starts working.

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EDIT: My Lackadaisy compatriot, math in chemistry is very dependent on what route you take. A lot of algebra is a given, and you will see matrices if you head towards quantum disciplines. But it still feels like they make shit up unless you understand the fundamentals. Physics is actually really good for explaining stuff if you understand the first principles.
Algebra I can handle, same with matrices to a certain extent; complex differentiable calculus in regards to variable fields with no real understanding in how the fuck it relates to anything at all on the other hand...

As for the physics and mathematics requirements of the fields I'm looking into, I've already completed the required courses - so I'm not too worried there.
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I deal with math as a programmer and web designer, but it's definitely not calc. Or at least I HAVEN'T used calc. I had to take Calc I twice to pass it, but part of that is because the first time around was at 8AM when my insomniac roomie kept me up until at least 2AM nightly, if not later. There are days I ended up in class without remembering how I got there.

I do remember some of the stuff, like integration and deintegration, vaguely, but only the shortcuts. And, well, stuff like what "5!" means, if not the name, and sigma notation. But I highly doubt that's all I was taught.
Trig, on the other hand, is insanely useful in a myriad of situations.
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Algebra I can handle, same with matrices to a certain extent; complex differentiable calculus in regards to variable fields with no real understanding in how the fuck it relates to anything at all on the other hand...
Quantum chemistry does get pretty dicey, it's all noncommutative and stuff. On the other hand I do quantum chemistry and my mathskills are atrocious- computers save my ass everyday!
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Math is stupid. It would be so much simpler if we were analyzing poetry or something.
I can see the appeal of being able to make up an answer and still be correct, but the right/wrong division of logic is much more straightforward.
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