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Expert Profile: Socrates

Expertise:  Any questions on High School Algebra, College Algebra, Abstract Algebra. I can help with word problems, solving equations, trigonometry, inequalities, Gaussian Elimination, Linear Algebra, groups, fields, you name it!

Experience in the area
Ph.D. in Mathematics, specialist in Algebra. I have taught High School students and college students at three state universities.

Organizations
Mathematical Association of America. American Mathematical Society.

Publications
Regular contributions to the problems section of the American Mathematical Monthly journal.

Education/Credentials
B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

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User Comments
Thanks ever so much!!!
(Jack on 09/22/08)
i asked my teacher at school and she explained it much clearer then socrates did, yet they seemed like they knew what they were talking about, jus
(Natalie on 08/21/08)
Socrates,Thank you for your prompt and accurate response. Your explanation clarified the problem.
(Karissa on 04/22/08)
Thabnk you, it makes sense now.
(Adam on 04/22/08)
thank you so much. i just wish you would have reminded me that when 2 numbers are both negative (-) they make a positive ( )
(krystie on 02/23/08)
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Recent Answers from Socrates
2008-09-22  slope intercept slope = (-6 - 2) / (4 - 3) = -8/1 = -8 y = mx + b is the slope intercept form where m is the slope and b is the y intercept We know m = -8 , so y = -8x + b We need to find b Since (3,2)...
2008-09-21  Graphs The graph looks like a parabola , so suppose the equation is y = rx^2 + sx + t We must figure out what r,s,t must be in terms of a,b,c,d,e to be sure that the given points (0,a) (b,c) (d,e) are...
2008-08-21  Algebra Factor out the highest power of x x^7 - x^5 = x^5 ( x^2 - 1) For the second problem, start by factoring out the highest power of (2-x) 6x(2-x)^4 - 9x^2(2-x)^3 = (2-x)^3 ((6x)(2-x) - 9x^2)...
2008-05-21  algebra take the square root of the terms one at a time then multiply together 108 = 9 x 4 x 3 , so the square root is 3 x 2 x (3)^1/2 = 6 x (3)^1/2 the square root of x^4 is x^2 the square root of y^6...
2008-02-22  algebra I Not sure what method you are referring to , but here is how I would solve the equations Add the left sides and the right sides of the equations and get 6x = 12 divide by 6 x = 2 Now substitute...
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