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Mathematics is a language as English is a language. This virtual space is created for you to succeed in both: your English and mathematics. Some of you are developing your basic math skills and others your English skills by taking courses at LaGuardia.
We find that math is important in our everyday life as well as our English because that is the "official" language of New York.
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No matter the language (or languages) you speak, I don't want you to have English as an obstacle for doing great in math!
In the video below you can see how language is often an obstacle for math, not because you cannot do math!! :)

Exercise 48.
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first you must draw a right triangle, place the cm where it belongs.
l
6 H
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1) you need to use the formula a^2+b^2=h^2
2) plug in the numbers 6^2+4^2=H
3) solve the equation 6^2=36 and 4^2=16
4) now you must add the centimeters 36 and 16 which gives you 52. the answer may be negative or positive, therefore your answer is +- radical 52.

Exercise 8.
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of multiplication
and then 10 to power 7. We write 10 to power 7 because we moved 7 numbers to the left.
The answer is 2.3 x 10 ^7
Exercise 10.
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1) First you multiply 3 and 4 which gives you 12.
2) Subtract the exponents 6 and 2, which gives you 4. Your answer now looks like--> 12 x10^4
3) In order to have in in a scientific notation form, you should place the decimal point after the first number which your answer will now be 1.2x10^5

Exercise 49.
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the equation.
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- Multiply -5 and 10
So
So your problem - 20
2nd
2nd step: combine the equation
-After
-After step 2 - 20
3rd step: solve for x, add 20 on both sides, and add 19 to both sides as well
-20 is greater than or equal to 20x
to -1
Side
Side note: dont the solution
Exercise 50.
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Exercise 52.
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add the common terms, 2x-5x=-3 than you subtract 3 from both sides,(-3-6=-3) you than divide 3 by 6 which becomes -3.You have to change the signs of the (> to <) so the answer is
x<-3

Exercise 12.
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What doYou multiply all the exponents in the problem 5,3,4,2 you add the exponents on the top than you mean by "keepdivide the base out" here? (Cyndi)bottom exponents y^17/8
Exercise 13.
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Exercise 64.
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FirstSo first you add 10have to simplify this to standard form by getting a single Y on both sides which gives you -5y=-10x+20.Then you divide everythingone side.
- 10x - 5y = 20
*Add 10x to each side
- 5y = 20 +10x
*Divide each side by -5 which gives you y=-10/-5x+4.You can't keep
y = - 4 - 2x
y = -2x -4
*The -2 represents the numerator as a negative numberslope, so you multiplyfor every 2 units it by negative 1 which gives you 10/5x+4.goes down, it moves to the right one unit
*The -4 represents the y-intercept (or where it crosses the y-axis)
Exercise 65.
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Exercise 64.
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gives you y=-10/-5x+4.y=-10/-5x+4.You can't keep the numerator as a negative number so you multiply it by negative 1 which gives you 10/5x+4.
Exercise 65.
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Exercise 64.
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First you add 10 on both sides which gives you -5y=-10x+20.Then you divide everything by -5 which gives you y=-10/-5x+4.
Exercise 65.
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Exercise 32.
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First Distributedistribute -3 into and -4, youryou're left with terms and youryou're left with -3x+20, you-3x+20. You do the the other sideside, distribute the you get 8x-4-9 than8x-4-9. Then you add 20=11x-13 you than​then add 13 get 33=11x you than. You then divide 11 get x=3.
English feedback by Cyndi. The "a" in "than" is like the "a" in "compare" because that's the spelling for more than, less than, etc. The "e" in "then" is like the "e" in "next" because that's the spelling for "First you do this; then you do that... etc."
Exercise 33.
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would have to 8x subtract combine 8x and subtract 3x the 3 infrontin front of the