Recent content by Williams.235

I am resuming my education after a two year break (due to a career change). I am a little confused as to how to handle my current situation regarding math. When I left school two years ago, I was ready for calculus having completed college algebra and trigonometry. Since then, my algebra...

If I do that, I get tan 61 degrees = H/x I am left with an unknown equaling an unknown. When I look at the overall triangle, I tried to compute: Tan 54 degrees = H/100+x (100+X) Tan 54 degrees = H 137.64 + 1.38X = H Then, I attempted to take Tan 61 degrees = x/(137.64 +1.38X)...

Homework Statement While taking a ride in a hot-air balloon, Fran wonders how high he is. To find out, he chooses a landmark that is to the east of the balloon and measures the angle of depression to be 54 degrees. A few minuets later, after traveling 100 feet east, the angle of depression...

I have decided to take the plunge. I am going back to college after 2 years out of school to resume work on my BS in Mechanical Engineering. I had to leave college during my 2nd year due to financial concerns and since then have been working full time. I plan to keep working full time during...

I am counting the days until my contract runs out. The early-termination fee for my carrier is something like $175, which is insane. Good by contract and hello pre-paid!

I have a few friends who live without one and I can't understand how they do it. What do you all think?

So I just transferred to a local 4 year school from a community college. I met with a financial aid rep to discuss how I am going to be paying for this little venture and received some shocking information. Apparantely, you cannot work part-time and succeed in a bachelors degree program...

Hey everyone, I've been a forum lurker for quite some time and have decided to come out of the darkness. I have concern regarding my chances of getting into grad school if I decide to go that route. I basically flunked out of my first quarter of college back in 2004 and ended up with an F...