Translating verbal phrases into algebraic formulas...
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One third the product of the length of the side squared and the height is the volume of a pyramid with a square base. any help on this problem?
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Very hard to tutor people who don't say anything about their situation -- forces us to guess what they need.
Translating means writing a mathematical expression. You cannot do that until you define symbols to represent the different quantities (eg: length of a square's side, height of pyramid, volume of pyramid).
Start by picking symbols and writing their definitions. You need a symbol for each quantity involved.
Once you have symbols to work with, follow the arithmetic operations stated in the description. (The description tells you how the symbols are related.)
For example, if some other word problem states, "two-thirds of the USA population", we see that we need to define a symbol for the population, like this:
Let P = population of USA
Now that we have a symbol to work with, we translate the example phrase by doing the calculation. We express two-thirds of something by multiplication, yes?
In other words, the phrase "two-thirds of the USA population" translates to (2/3)*P
Now, you try to do the same. Please show your efforts or ask specific questions, if you desire more guidance. Cheers :cool:
Translating means writing a mathematical expression. You cannot do that until you define symbols to represent the different quantities (eg: length of a square's side, height of pyramid, volume of pyramid).
Start by picking symbols and writing their definitions. You need a symbol for each quantity involved.
Once you have symbols to work with, follow the arithmetic operations stated in the description. (The description tells you how the symbols are related.)
For example, if some other word problem states, "two-thirds of the USA population", we see that we need to define a symbol for the population, like this:
Let P = population of USA
Now that we have a symbol to work with, we translate the example phrase by doing the calculation. We express two-thirds of something by multiplication, yes?
In other words, the phrase "two-thirds of the USA population" translates to (2/3)*P
Now, you try to do the same. Please show your efforts or ask specific questions, if you desire more guidance. Cheers :cool: