no id - Chat started on:  Dec 16, 2007 7:29:53 PM
[7:29 PM] Kate Sims has entered the room
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[7:30 PM] Dustin Chen has entered the room
[7:30 PM] ziizoo admin: Session started on Sun Dec 16 20:26:17 EST 2007
[7:30 PM] Kate Sims: Hi.  What can I help you with?
[7:32 PM] Kate Sims: Are you there?
[7:32 PM] Dustin Chen: Hello
[7:32 PM] Kate Sims: Hi, what do you need help with?
[7:32 PM] Dustin Chen: everything T_T 
[7:33 PM] Dustin Chen: im in algebra 3-4 at highschool
[7:33 PM] Kate Sims: Okay, but we need to start somewhere!
[7:33 PM] Kate Sims: Are you studying for a final?
[7:33 PM] Dustin Chen: yes i am
[7:33 PM] Kate Sims: Do you have a review sheet or something with problems?
[7:33 PM] Dustin Chen: oh yea, let me get that out.
[7:35 PM] Dustin Chen: Verify that f and g are inverse functions.
[7:35 PM] Dustin Chen: f(x) = 2x+3, g(x) = x-3/2
[7:35 PM] Kate Sims: What we need to do is plug f into g and see if we get "x".  Then we plug g into f and see if we get "x".  If so, they're inverses. 
[7:36 PM] Kate Sims: Let's go to the whiteboard...
[7:36 PM] Dustin Chen: k
[7:36 PM] Kate Sims: How are you with plugging functions into each other, like doing f(g(x))?
[7:37 PM] Dustin Chen: i dont really understand that
[7:37 PM] Kate Sims: Okay, let me show you
[7:39 PM] Dustin Chen: That makes sense so far
[7:39 PM] Kate Sims: Good, I was just about to ask
[7:39 PM] Kate Sims: Now we just do the Algebra
[7:41 PM] Kate Sims: Good.
[7:41 PM] Kate Sims: Do you have another one that you can do?
[7:41 PM] Dustin Chen: hmm
[7:41 PM] Kate Sims: (The "A" on the whiteboard lets you type of you double click)
[7:41 PM] Kate Sims: Otherwise I can make one up
[7:42 PM] Kate Sims: Do you want to try one more like the other one, or are you okay moving on?
[7:44 PM] Dustin Chen: I wrote it on the whiteboard
[7:44 PM] Kate Sims: This is a very different problem, so I just wanted to be sure you were okay on the other type
[7:45 PM] Kate Sims: For this one, I'd start by making a factor tree.
[7:45 PM] Kate Sims: Do you know what that is?
[7:45 PM] Dustin Chen: oh ok
[7:45 PM] Kate Sims: So you wnat to move on?
[7:45 PM] Dustin Chen: yea just keep going
[7:46 PM] Kate Sims: Okay, so what times what gives you 64
[7:47 PM] Dustin Chen: 8
[7:47 PM] Kate Sims: So first we'll do 8 times 8
[7:47 PM] Kate Sims: Now break down the 8's the same way
[7:47 PM] Dustin Chen: what would that be o-o
[7:48 PM] Kate Sims: I'm not sure what you mean
[7:49 PM] Dustin Chen: 4 and 2
[7:49 PM] Kate Sims: What is with the drawing?
[7:49 PM] Dustin Chen: what drawing?
[7:50 PM] Kate Sims: The thing I just pointed to with the blue arrow
[7:50 PM] Dustin Chen: hmm? i dont see anything there.
[7:50 PM] Dustin Chen: its just white
[7:50 PM] Dustin Chen: why what is it?
[7:50 PM] Kate Sims: Are you absolutely?  Because it looks like someone drew something vulgar there
[7:50 PM] Dustin Chen: i dont see anything.... was it you?
[7:51 PM] Kate Sims: No.  I'll just delete it.
[7:51 PM] Dustin Chen: alright
[7:54 PM] Kate Sims: Okay, back to the problem, it breaks down to 4 and 2
[7:54 PM] Dustin Chen: yeap
[7:54 PM] Kate Sims: Then do either of those break down further?
[7:54 PM] Dustin Chen: 2 and 1?
[7:55 PM] Dustin Chen: 2 and 2 for the 4
[7:55 PM] Kate Sims: Well, as soon as it's prime we can stop, so we don't have to do 2 and 1.
[7:55 PM] Kate Sims: Yes, but 4 turns into 2 and 2
[7:55 PM] Dustin Chen: oic
[7:55 PM] Kate Sims: So now the tree's done.
[7:55 PM] Kate Sims: We're looking for what times itself gives you -64
[7:56 PM] Kate Sims: Sorry, I meant to say "what times itself 3 times" gives you -64
[7:56 PM] Kate Sims: Will it be a positive number or a negative number?
[7:56 PM] Dustin Chen: uhh
[7:57 PM] Dustin Chen: uhh
[7:57 PM] Dustin Chen: ACHOO
[7:57 PM] Dustin Chen: sorry.....
[7:57 PM] Kate Sims: Dustin, I don't know what's going on with you, but this tutoring is a serious thing. 
[7:57 PM] Kate Sims: It should not be treated like when you IM with a friend.
[7:58 PM] Dustin Chen: ut don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
I just don't think it'd understand
And if you tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
He might blow up and kill this man
[7:58 PM] Kate Sims: I'm sorry, but I feel like I need to quit this session.