Disney Wrassler

Wow. That is just not good. I guess they only want the rich and well to do to go to College now. You can go broke just taking one class. That is not right. I hope you make it in and it's worth it for you. I know you are trying real hard as we talk all the time about stuff. Good Luck from your friend in California.

I was just thinking about having to go pay tuition in the next 2 weeks, too. Ugh. One class= $1750.

My plan is to win the cash in Vegas next week.

Best of luck next semester! Are you almost done at least?

This is my last class Susie until I get my Arts & Associates Degree !!

Way to go, DW!

i feel for you and understand completely....that's why i go to community college

and congrats on almost being done! that's great!

I have dropped this math class once before, about two years ago. But given the fact that the Geometry section in the course is what broke the camels back for me last time, I am doing my best to spruce up my Geometry skills.

I am constantly going over the Geometry section in my textbook and am slowly getting through the book Geometry For Dummies. Dummies does not cover everything in the book so I am setting that aside right now and am just trying to figure out all the questions by doing them myself.

I sure hope I don't fail this semester because there is now no point dropping out since this is the last class until I get my first degree.

So I staying on this ship, even if it's sinking .

Sometimes when I review question in my math book, I feel upbeat because I am doing them correctly. Other times I feel like I am going to do bad because I am not answering others correctly.

For instance, a question I just can't let go of is this one:

"A stained-glass window in a church is in the shape of a square. The perimeter of the square is 7 times the length of a side in meters, decreased by 2. Find the length of a side of the window."
I keep thinking the equation is suppost to be set up like this:

P=7(X-12) But I must be wrong because the answer is suppost to be 4m, and solving the equation that way does not get me 4m.

Now, I know Multiplication and Subtraction will be involved because the question said "Times" and "Decreased."

It's just that I am having a hard time setting it up. If I am correct, in order to get the measure of a side, we need to first solve for the squares length, and the solve for the squares width to get the answer. I may be wrong though.

Guess I better search around in this textbook a bit more.

I'm not getting this one either way I try to work it. I feel like something is missing.

You're sure the answer is 4? One side=4, and it's a square. So the perimeter has to be 16.

If x=4...

I'm getting 7x-2= 28-2=26. That's not a match.

Or, 7(x-2)= 7(2)= 14. Also not a match.

Anyone else?

Yup, the back of the book says 4m is the answer.

But I decided it may be best for me just to go through the whole chapter, read everything and solve every question.

Maybe that will help me figure out how the answer is 4m when I get back around to it.

i figured p= 7[a - 2] then p/4 for one side

but that would be 7/2 or 3.5 per side...closer but not right

Sorry you're having ickiness in school here's what I was thinking (and it's and evil way of thinking because I think it's one of those equal on both sides devils) :
7L-2=4L
But that gets 3L=2 which is wrong... Figure a square has 4 equal sides. Sorry no help. Can you buddy up with a geometry wiz kid?

I FINALLY figured it out!!!

I kept reading through the book last night and it briefly went over how to solve for a square.

But of course, you know how Mathematicians are. They tell you how to solve for the answer one way and then they put questions in the book in which you need to solve it some other way that they didn't go over.

It's like teaching someone how to fix a brake and then telling them to fix an engine without any help.

ANYWAY, what I remember from the book is this. The book states all sides of a square are equal. So a basic question in regards to solving for the meters of a square should be set up like this:

P=4s OR Perimeter equals four times the sides

So when you are solving for anything regarding the square, the last step you must take is to divide by four.

SO here is how I finally got the answer to my question.

The Perimeter of the square is 7(4)-12 (4 representing the amount of even sides on a square)

7 x 4 - 12= 16.

Then divide the 16 by 4 and you get 4 meters !