Date: Wed Oct 30 18:27:54 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Answer(or question to Mentor): Hey Angela!!!!
My answer to the problem a) was nine feet high. I got this because I first looked at the fractions about 2000. Then I added the two fractions about 2000 (1/4 and 1/3) and I got 7/12. I did this because it told us that there was five feet dry so if I added the fractions together and counted how much more till and whole number I would find out how much it would be. For example when I added the fractions I got 7/12 so it takes five more twelfths to get to one whole. So than would mean 1/12 would be one foot. So moving on...Now in 2002 it covered 3/4 of the stilt. I changed the fraction to twelfths so I could compare it to 2000 and I got 9/12. So if 1/12 = 1 foot that would be nine feet. So.... Now on part b) I got 3 feet left dry. I got this because it takes 3 more twelfths to get to one whole. So as I explained before one twelfth = one foot so 3/12 would = three feet.
PS. I don't know if you got my last respons so if you did not I asked you if I could have your e-mail address.
Thanx Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Rachel-
Date: Thu Oct 31 17:03:48 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Mentor Reply: Rachel-
Thank you for explaining so clearly how you solved the problem. You were on the right track, but your answer was not correct. I am assuming that you added the fractions together to get the total length of the stilt. Keep in mind, however, that 1/4 is the amount of the stilt underground and 1/3 is the part of the stilt that is above ground but under water. There is still 5 feet of the pole that is dry. I look forward to your revision, Rachel.
-Angela
Date: Fri Nov 1 13:26:36 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Instructor Comments: Angela,
Nice opening, I agree, it was a great explanation, and because it was so good, you could find out where she got confused. I would just modify your sentence slightly to be a *BIT* more clear: How does this sound: "Keep in mind, however the problem states that "the storm surge covered 1/3 of the stilt that was sticking out of the ground..." Thus, while the 1/4 refers to 1/4 of the whole pole, the 1/3 refers to only part of the pole." YOu can then finish as you did.
Hope this makes sense.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Fri Nov 1 15:58:21 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Mentor Reply: Rachel-
Thank you for explaining so clearly how you solved the problem. You were on the right track, but your answer was not correct. I am assuming that you added the fractions together to get the total length of the stilt. Keep in mind, however, the problem states that the storm surge covered 1/3 of the stilt that was sticking out of the ground. That means that while the 1/4 refers to 1/4 of the whole stilt, the 1/3 refers to only part of the stilt. There is still 5 feet of the stilt that is dry. I look forward to your revision, Rachel.
-Angela
Date: Mon Nov 4 15:48:09 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Answer(or question to Mentor): Hey Angela!!!!!!
UUUUMMMMM...... Can you explane the way you found out the answer i'm confused. Thanks bye
-Rachel-
Date: Thu Nov 7 21:33:50 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Mentor Reply: Rachel-
Hi! It looks like this problem was pretty confusing! The answer to part A is 5 5/8 feet (5.625 feet). The answer to part B is 1 7/8 feet or 1.875 feet. The way I got the answer was by first looking at the given information. I knew that ¼ of the stilt was underground. I also knew that the storm surge covered 1/3 of the part of the still that was above the ground. That means that 2/3 of the stilt above the ground was dry because 3/3-1/3=2/3. According to the problem, the 2/3 of the stilt that was dry was equal to 5 feet.
Next, I wanted to find out the length of the stilt above ground. I divided 5 by 2 to find out how much 1/3 of the stilt was because the information I have is given in thirds. I got the answer of 2 ½ feet. Since there are 3 1/3 sections on the pole, I multiplied the 2 ½ by 3 to get the answer of 7 ½ feet as the length of the stilt above ground. So, if the storm surge covered ¾ of the stilt in 2002, it covered ¾ of 7 ½ feet. To figure out what ¾ of 7 ½ feet was, I multiplied ¾ by 7 ½ to get the answer of 5 5/8 feet or 5.625 feet. To find part B, I knew that ¼ of the pole was dry (4/4-3/4=1/4). ¼ of 7 ½ feet can be found again by multiplying ¼ by 7 ½ to get the answer of 1 7/8 feet or 1.875 feet. I hope this explains the problem for you.
-Angela
Date: Tue Nov 12 14:40:40 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Answer(or question to Mentor): Hey!!!!! Thank you for eplaining it!!! Here is my answer to number 1)33/200. I got this becaus I multiplyed each of the fat, protein, and carb. by there amout of calories and I added them together you will got 330. The ? asked how much out of 2000 so that would be 330/2000 but if you reduce that you get 33/200.
Now on 2) i got 126/2000. I got this because i multiplyed the amout of fat by the amout of calories and i got 126, the ? asked how many out of 2000 so the answer would be 126/2000
Ok well i gtg bye
-Rachel-
Date: Tue Nov 19 20:07:29 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Mentor Reply: Rachel-
Great start on this problem. You got the right answer of 33/200 for part 1, but part 2 is not correct. For part 2, consider how many grams of fat are in the total grams of the cheeseburger. I look forward to your revision.
-Angela
Date: Wed Nov 20 12:41:45 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Instructor Comments: Angela,
Good response. I would also congratulate him on his explanation, which is good as well.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Wed Nov 20 12:41:52 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Instructor Comments: Angela,
Good response. I would also congratulate him on his explanation, which is good as well.
Dr. Bowers
Date: Wed Nov 20 12:42:14 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Instructor Comments: Angela,
Good response. I would also congratulate him on his explanation, which is good as well.
Dr. Bowers
PS: BY THE WAY--- I hope that you are pleased that she thanked you for your help on the last problem-- that is totally cool and not too many students say thanks!
Date: Thu Nov 21 07:14:24 PST 2002
Student's Name: Rachel
Mentor Reply: Rachel-
Great start on this problem. I like how you explained what you did so clearly. You got the right answer of 33/200 for part 1, but part 2 is not correct. For part 2, consider how many grams of fat are in the total grams of the cheeseburger. I look forward to your revision.
-Angela
