Category: Algebra

READ THIS Before Solving Word Problems

Many of my tutoring clients who work with me on Algebra tell me that they have difficulty with word problems.  They can do the math, they say, they just have a hard time figuring out what the question is asking them.  If this applies to you, please read on because I will show you a…
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Folded box for optimization problems

The RIGHT Way To Solve Optimization Problems

Your Math class may have introduced you to a type of word problem called an optimization problem, sometimes referred to as a min / max problem.  The objective of these is always the same: to find the maximum or minimum possible value of some quantity named in the problem.   The weird thing about these problems…
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