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Apr 30, 2020
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Well, of course they're homework problems.  Why else would anybody post a question on here?  I didn't get very high in maths so I can't offer help with the calculus etc. questions, but I can answer the easier ones. 

 

I remember when I was taking maths courses, and ocassionally there'd be something I didn't understand.  It was not any help for someone to pummel me with axioms and theorems and rules that I never heard of.  The best help for me was for somebody to walk me through it.  I think it's called teaching by example, but don't quote me on that. 

 

When I work a problem for someone here, I don't just throw the bare solution down, I explain the steps, why I did what I did.  This thread contains an example https://web2.0calc.com/questions/help-asap-please_36 my post is the one that starts with "First we'll solve for AC."  In that same thread I asked for opinions about giving that much explanation, and received a very nice answer from EP. 

 

It takes longer to do that, and almost always somebody else posts an answer while I'm still working on mine.  That's okay.  It gives the confused kid two – or more – viewpoints of how to solve the problem. 

 

A certain percentage of kids are always going to cheat on their homework, but it'll catch up to them when they do their finals.  Just because some kids cheat on their homework, that's no reason for me to stop helping the majority of them who need help and honestly want to learn. 

 

Thank you for putting plenty of white space in your post. 

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Apr 30, 2020
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