Comments on: The GED Math Formulas Explained http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/ My Fast and Smart Road to the GED Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: lye http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 lye Tue, 04 May 2010 05:40:05 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/#comment-3909 Thanks man. Thanks man.

]]> By: Curtis http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-3905 Curtis Mon, 03 May 2010 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/#comment-3905 Yo Lye, Thanks, you're right, I did have it wrong. But you had a mistake in yours too. You gotta put the 1/2 outside the parenthesis, or else 'cause of the order of operations, you'd have to multiply 1/2 by b2 before you add b1, and that would have a different answer. b1 and b2 should be added together first. However, where you put the things being multiplied together isn't so important. So, it could be: a × (b1+b2) × 1/2 a × 1/2 × (b1+b2) 1/2 × (b1+b2) × a etc. Yo Lye,

Thanks, you’re right, I did have it wrong. But you had a mistake in yours too. You gotta put the 1/2 outside the parenthesis, or else ’cause of the order of operations, you’d have to multiply 1/2 by b2 before you add b1, and that would have a different answer. b1 and b2 should be added together first.

However, where you put the things being multiplied together isn’t so important. So, it could be:

a × (b1+b2) × 1/2
a × 1/2 × (b1+b2)
1/2 × (b1+b2) × a
etc.

]]> By: lye http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-3901 lye Sun, 02 May 2010 22:58:31 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/#comment-3901 I think you have the formula for trapezoids wrong. Altitude x (b1+b2 x 1/2) = Area I think you have the formula for trapezoids wrong.

Altitude x (b1+b2 x 1/2) = Area

]]> By: kilisha http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-91 kilisha Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:23:05 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/curtis/2008/05/20/the-ged-math-formulas-explained/#comment-91 This info was very helpful, the terminology used was far more efficient than in most study guides, and the examples were relatable. thank you. This info was very helpful, the terminology used was far more efficient than in most study guides, and the examples were relatable. thank you.

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