My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

 (My own first difficulty in "pre"-algebra was not understanding what letters such as "x" had to do with anything, and why letters were chosen to represent quantities at all, or how you worked with them when you had them. I vividly remember when the light dawned on me about this particular lack of understanding, in part because I still do not know why or how the teacher's particular explanation "worked" on me.  She was saying that doing algebra was like unwrapping a package in the reverse way it was wrapped to begin with. It may be that I figured out what I needed to know while she was talking instead of because of what she specifically said, or it may be that what she said had some sort of meaning to me subconsciously somehow. I don't know, since "unwrapping" is not the way I see (or even then saw) algebra. But what follows are explanations of the sort that seem to me the most meaningful about some aspects of algebra many students typically have trouble with. Further explanations of other aspects of algebra can be found at A supplemental introduction to the first chapter of an algebra book and at Rate, Time Problems.)

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver

My Algebra Solver