09-08-2011, 06:12 PM
Gotdammit, because they are young I feel the need to finish the explanation.
In correct order of ops:
(a-2)4+24. Subtract two from the age first, then mulitply by four, then add back the 24 years that make up for the time (2 years) you subtract in the first step. There. Whew. Hate it when people don't explain shit correctly. It is a growth expression that they will be putting in standard form and graphing later on. 24 is the y axis and (a-2)(4) is the slope.
Math isn't harder now, it is just bumped back a few years. We did that shit in high school. They are doing it now so they have room for higher level math in high school. Okay, I'm done.
In correct order of ops:
(a-2)4+24. Subtract two from the age first, then mulitply by four, then add back the 24 years that make up for the time (2 years) you subtract in the first step. There. Whew. Hate it when people don't explain shit correctly. It is a growth expression that they will be putting in standard form and graphing later on. 24 is the y axis and (a-2)(4) is the slope.
Math isn't harder now, it is just bumped back a few years. We did that shit in high school. They are doing it now so they have room for higher level math in high school. Okay, I'm done.