Recent content by gcn_zelda

I saw the relationship between the numbers, but how do I know whether it's Direct Variation or Inverse Variation?

I have a test Friday, and there are a few things that I don't understand. Here are a few examples so you know the context 1. Direct/Inverse Variation - Identify as Direct or Inverse Variation A. x|-2| 4| 6| y| 4|-8|-12| B. x| -2|-1| 3| y|-1/2|-1|1/3| 2. Translation -...

I have Advanced Algebra II/Trig finals Friday and I'm cramming(sue me :P). How does half-life work?

My brother was playing Animal Crossing, and was trying to decide whether to buy a Fall Plaid outfit or a Gray Tartan outfit, and I got to thinking(which I rarely do, but it happens on occasion) about choices. You've heard by all the teachers and crap at school about "make good choices" this...

Ever since Algebra, I've been taught that -2^2=4 On another message forum, however there was a debate that -2^2=-4. They came up with the conclusion that: -2^2 is the same as -1(2^2) which equals -1(4) equaling -4. I just wonder what the correct answer is.

I'm in College Preparatory Biology in high school(9th grade) and my friend was trying to prove my teacher wrong(it's fun :P). He said that a solute is the same thing as a solvent. According to his dictionary, a solute is a substance that can be dissolved into another substance. Also...

Is there even such thing as nothing? Everything is something. Even nothing is something.

Murrieta(Southern California), California Yeah... sure.

Sponges... You mean those things I use to wipe my table with? Just kidding. Well, I guess sponges are in a separate branch of animals... Porifera, I think. Sponges actually have a sort of skeleton to hold them up. I guess. Yeah. And sponges can communicate with other sea animals as...

Smart people scare me... I haven't quite reached my Formal Operation Thinking Stage Phasishness Thingimabobber. I'm actually smart for my age; accelerated classes and junk, but I'm only 13; 9th grade. Most people claim to "feel" emotion, but isn't feeling defined as having the ability...

I hate proofs so much... I took Geometry in 8th grade last year, and proofs are...well...you know what I mean...