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Old 08-28-08, 11:08 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DSRTRDR View Post
go for the principles, man, the principle......

once you understand that all the "a" "b" "c" "x" and the formula itself are place holders for the greater principle, you are golden

I made quite a bit of money tutoring algebra years back.....
That's the key right there -- placeholders. A, b, c, x . . . those are just shorthand for "something that we don't know what it is yet."
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