Formulas and Applications
It is time to learn how to solve Word Problems (sometimes referred to as Story Problems).
Basically it is an 8 step process to solve any word problem, In addition to following those steps you have to make sure that some common knowledge about stuff such as geometry, business, distance formulas, and other things are already known.
The steps are listed below:
Step 1: Read the problem through to determine the type of problem
Step 2: Reread the problem to identify what you are looking for and label the unknowns
Step 3: Let x be the smallest quantity you are looking for and Label the other quantities in terms of x
Step 4: Draw a picture
Step 5: Make a table to represent the data
Step 6: Use the table facts to set up the equation
Step 7: Solve the equation
Step 8: Check to see that your solutions are feasible and do what they are supposed to.
Learn more about formulas and applications below.
Practice: Solve world problems in the following exercises.