Can you please solve these and show your work/explain all your steps thoroughly. I believe they are considered polynomial operations. Thank you
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SomeMichGuy · M
So you are really in high school and just cheating on your pre-calc homework?
MightyLion · 18-21, M
This is for my notes. I’m working smarter not harder. And websites like these are for discussions and asking questions… Math of this type isn’t really useful in real life unless it is required for your career in which case you will learn it when you are studying for that career. @SomeMichGuy
SomeMichGuy · M
@MightyLion If "working smarter" is how you characterize cheating, you are already lost.
And studying such things in school IS helping you prepare for whatever career.
In your case, you are preparing to be a shyster. You aren't learning how to study, apply yourself, and actually LEARN something, honestly, and by *you* applying your *own* brain to the material.
You can't even answer trivial questions.
Right now, you are just a joke, a silly bug, not a mighty lion.
You are building on sand. You will never accomplish anything real...but, clearly, that means nothing to you.
You will be a liability to any employer.
And studying such things in school IS helping you prepare for whatever career.
In your case, you are preparing to be a shyster. You aren't learning how to study, apply yourself, and actually LEARN something, honestly, and by *you* applying your *own* brain to the material.
You can't even answer trivial questions.
Right now, you are just a joke, a silly bug, not a mighty lion.
You are building on sand. You will never accomplish anything real...but, clearly, that means nothing to you.
You will be a liability to any employer.
MightyLion · 18-21, M
@SomeMichGuy if working smarter is just sitting down and memorizing information then it won’t be that hard to do when it comes time for me to do it. Studying is something anyone can do and doesn’t make them smarter or better. And I’ll want to study when it is something that interests me. High school isn’t everything in life. Also if I don’t like a subject enough to learn it I probably won’t follow a career that has much to do with it. Also the school system needs to learn that what they are teaching is pretty useless, not all of it of course but a good chunk. They could be teaching way more useful things. By me succumbing to their toxic practices and learning and stressing over such useless material they will never know that what they are teaching is 👎🏻 And they will think they are doing good. Even if they realized the error in their ways they probably wouldn’t even change so I’ll do my best with the resources I have but my mental health and happiness comes first. They won’t get the best of me and they aren’t anyone to tell me I need math to be successful. I’m sure you don’t see some of the most successful people solving math problems.
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MightyLion · 18-21, M
@SomeMichGuy you insinuating that I am going to work at McDonald’s because I am not good at math is very absurd and ghetto. Many successful people weren’t good in school. And I know how to study for what I want to study for. I am so smart that I have a mind of my own and I can decide whether something is interesting enough for me to learn. The government and school are not an almighty being that I follow as if it were the Bible. The government is suppose to serve the people not the people serve the government. And I have studied so I know anyone can do it. And I have seen and known people who get all As and study and let me tell you they are not allllll that. Studying is not worth the stress for useless things like most math. And I have all my notes for this in case I do really need to know this. I’ve already stated in other posts and questions that these math things I post don’t get turned in and are only for my notes. School is not everything in life, and people my age are young some of which don’t even show up to their classes. I always show up and turn in work. I’m not against getting a good education but I am not for getting useless info jammed in my head that is only useful because they want to keep asking stuff about it and not because it will help me in real life or with my career. College also doesn’t prove your worth in life although it can help you get places. I can guarantee you the person who invented college did not go to college and they still did something successful.
SomeMichGuy · M
@MightyLion LOL
[quote]you insinuating that I am going to work at McDonald’s because I am not good at math[/quote]
No, I am SAYING that you should simply go work at McDonald's because you have a horrible attitude about developing your mind, and no willingness to understand that stretching your mind *is* useful.
[quote]Studying is not worth the stress for useless things like most math.[/quote]
LMAO
You wouldn't have electricity, the Internet, computers, or smart phones without phalanxes of people learning math far beyond what your under-exercised, underfed brain can imagine.
[quote]School is not everything in life, and people my age are young some of which don’t even show up to their classes.[/quote]
Of course school is not everything.
But if you apply for and attend a college/university, YOU have CHOSEN to make a commitment to education, a commitment which you clearly do not comprehend.
[quote]I am so smart that I have a mind of my own and I can decide whether something is interesting enough for me to learn.[/quote]
But not smart enough to be able to do even VERY basic algebra on your own. Yeah...smart. LOL
[quote]The government is suppose to serve the people not the people serve the government.[/quote]
I have no idea what this has to do with what you are saying, unless--by lumping together the government and school--you think you are OWED good grades...?
The public school system is meant to provide a way for ordinary citizens to get a good basic education. But you don't appear to understand that, in order to OBTAIN that education, YOU have to participate, not sit idly by. Education is not a spectator sport.
By providing a means of getting a basic education in math, language, science, history, etc., the school serves us and serves the nation...IF students will partake of the offerings in the proper spirit.
But you do not seem to "get" education, and might think you are so smart you don't really need it. I hope you either don't go to college--so that you don't take up a place someone who WANTS to learn--or that you leave it.
[quote]I always show up and turn in work.[/quote]
Do you always turn in your own work? Or is it copied?
[quote]I’m not against getting a good education but I am not for getting useless info jammed in my head that is only useful because they want to keep asking stuff about it and not because it will help me in real life or with my career.[/quote]
You cannot predict what will help you in your real life or your career, because you cannot predict what you will need in either, esp. with the pace of change and innovation.
Indeed, the importance of STEM show how you undervalue the cornerstone of all technology, mathematics.
[quote]College also doesn’t prove your worth in life although it can help you get places.[/quote]
For people who value intelligence, knowledge, the life of the mind...college is typically a very important piece of that puzzle.
[quote]I can guarantee you the person who invented college did not go to college and they still did something successful.[/quote]
LMAO
In some ways, you are saying a tautology (the inventor of x could not have had x before he or she invented it), but...
you really have NO understanding of the history of universities, which have alwsys been rooted in two aspects of education which you don't understand: scholarship & research.
Yeah, McDonald's or confidence man seem like probable paths...
[quote]you insinuating that I am going to work at McDonald’s because I am not good at math[/quote]
No, I am SAYING that you should simply go work at McDonald's because you have a horrible attitude about developing your mind, and no willingness to understand that stretching your mind *is* useful.
[quote]Studying is not worth the stress for useless things like most math.[/quote]
LMAO
You wouldn't have electricity, the Internet, computers, or smart phones without phalanxes of people learning math far beyond what your under-exercised, underfed brain can imagine.
[quote]School is not everything in life, and people my age are young some of which don’t even show up to their classes.[/quote]
Of course school is not everything.
But if you apply for and attend a college/university, YOU have CHOSEN to make a commitment to education, a commitment which you clearly do not comprehend.
[quote]I am so smart that I have a mind of my own and I can decide whether something is interesting enough for me to learn.[/quote]
But not smart enough to be able to do even VERY basic algebra on your own. Yeah...smart. LOL
[quote]The government is suppose to serve the people not the people serve the government.[/quote]
I have no idea what this has to do with what you are saying, unless--by lumping together the government and school--you think you are OWED good grades...?
The public school system is meant to provide a way for ordinary citizens to get a good basic education. But you don't appear to understand that, in order to OBTAIN that education, YOU have to participate, not sit idly by. Education is not a spectator sport.
By providing a means of getting a basic education in math, language, science, history, etc., the school serves us and serves the nation...IF students will partake of the offerings in the proper spirit.
But you do not seem to "get" education, and might think you are so smart you don't really need it. I hope you either don't go to college--so that you don't take up a place someone who WANTS to learn--or that you leave it.
[quote]I always show up and turn in work.[/quote]
Do you always turn in your own work? Or is it copied?
[quote]I’m not against getting a good education but I am not for getting useless info jammed in my head that is only useful because they want to keep asking stuff about it and not because it will help me in real life or with my career.[/quote]
You cannot predict what will help you in your real life or your career, because you cannot predict what you will need in either, esp. with the pace of change and innovation.
Indeed, the importance of STEM show how you undervalue the cornerstone of all technology, mathematics.
[quote]College also doesn’t prove your worth in life although it can help you get places.[/quote]
For people who value intelligence, knowledge, the life of the mind...college is typically a very important piece of that puzzle.
[quote]I can guarantee you the person who invented college did not go to college and they still did something successful.[/quote]
LMAO
In some ways, you are saying a tautology (the inventor of x could not have had x before he or she invented it), but...
you really have NO understanding of the history of universities, which have alwsys been rooted in two aspects of education which you don't understand: scholarship & research.
Yeah, McDonald's or confidence man seem like probable paths...
MightyLion · 18-21, M
@SomeMichGuy I have a good education, and when I decide to build smart phones or whatever I need math for I will learn the math that I need.
SomeMichGuy · M
@MightyLion
[quote]I have a good education[/quote]
LOL No, you demonstrably do NOT. If it WERE true, you would not ask about trivial problems.
You are the closest to knowing that which you are likely to be, and still don't. It won't get easier later...but...
[quote]when I decide to build smart phones or whatever I need math for[/quote]
LMAO You don't need math to BUILD them! You need to take something from a tray, screw something in, and pass it to the next person.
You will NEVER design them (for which you'd need a bit of math), because you'll never ne able to get an electrical engineering degree.
[quote]I have a good education[/quote]
LOL No, you demonstrably do NOT. If it WERE true, you would not ask about trivial problems.
You are the closest to knowing that which you are likely to be, and still don't. It won't get easier later...but...
[quote]when I decide to build smart phones or whatever I need math for[/quote]
LMAO You don't need math to BUILD them! You need to take something from a tray, screw something in, and pass it to the next person.
You will NEVER design them (for which you'd need a bit of math), because you'll never ne able to get an electrical engineering degree.
MightyLion · 18-21, M
@SomeMichGuy If I want to I will and I do have a good education just not as good in math as other subjects. IF I decide to become an electrical engineer I will learn the math needed for it and if it is important and necessary I won't be forgetting it either because I will be using it frequently.
SomeMichGuy · M
@MightyLion No, you can't do trivial algebra, so you'd be lost.
You have no firm basis, no understanding of studying, education, and you won't score high enough on entrance exams to be admitted to an engineering program.
If you got into one and saw how much work it is, you'd immediately switch to something else. Besides, people who *think* they know everything don't do that work...people who do know appropriate things do it.
But they started WAY back by getting the base which you are avoiding.
THAT's how training esp. in STEM builds on itself.
You have no firm basis, no understanding of studying, education, and you won't score high enough on entrance exams to be admitted to an engineering program.
If you got into one and saw how much work it is, you'd immediately switch to something else. Besides, people who *think* they know everything don't do that work...people who do know appropriate things do it.
But they started WAY back by getting the base which you are avoiding.
THAT's how training esp. in STEM builds on itself.
MightyLion · 18-21, M
@SomeMichGuy no a good education does not equal algebra. Math is probably the least important out of all the subjects and least necessary. And I know how to study I simply choose to do it when I deem necessary.