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I’m willing to help with a little homework, but I’ve been in the middle of responding to someone’s question and had the thread locked. Aside from the Dill thread type questions, where someone CLEARLY says “please do my homework - and all of it -for me” I have no problem whatsoever either straight-out answering a polite question, or pointing someone in the direction of research materials and links and such.

Truth is, for all we know we’re answering homework questions regularly anyway. Sometimes it bugs me that when someone is honest and says “hey, I need some homework help” we shut 'em down, but we’ll cheerfully answer polls, General Questions, or offer our views on almost any issue.

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Ouch.

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Want some teacher input?

I teach high school math and physics [so if you really want to know how to do that train problem, let me know, and I’ll help you out], and kids [at least the ones in my classes] have never been taught how to think. They want to be spoon fed, at home as well as at school, and even on this message board.

It’s fine to offer suggestions and help - absolutlely. But if you can, the best way to do it is ask to questions - for example, for the Hamlet question, “What are elements in the greek classical drama? Who doesn’t work? Why?” You all are obviously intelligent people - taught to think and left to reason. Part of really helping [and the point of homework] is allowing students to reason and understand.

And for the record, Train A, from Chicago, traveling at a constant rate of 105 mph will travel 26.25 miles in the 15 minutes (quarter of an hour, quarter of 105), so when Train B leaves Tampa, Train A is 26 miles closer.

So, assuming Tampa to Chicago = 1213.6 miles (according to MapQuest), and Train A does some alone [1213.6 miles - 26.25 miles = 1187.35 miles apart when Train B starts].

So, assuming x = number of hours on the roads, here’s your equation:

(105 miles/hr)(x hours) + (125 miles/hr)(x hours) = 1187.35 miles
230x = 1187.35
x = 5.16 hours, so they will meet in 5 hrs, 9 mins, and 36 sec.

From 1:30, that will be 6:39:36 P.M. [of course, Chicago and Tampa are in seperate time zones, but to do this, you have to go thru Orlando and Washington, DC anyway.]
Yeah. Way, way too much time.

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(sung to the tune of Another Brick In The Wall)

We don’t answer homework questions,
We don’t give food to the trolls,
There’s dark sarcasm in the forums,
Coldie, leave this post alone!

HEY! MODS! Leave my post alone!

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Given the facts that acceleration is not instantaneous (unless you want the passengers turned into chunky salsa), your professor is a member of the Soviet Politburo (as revealed by the “bear” comment), the approximate distance between Chicago and Tampa is 1200 miles, the fact that no commercial train in the Continental US travels that fast on that particular route, disregarding the effects of a megalo-monster battle in Japan (which has negligible gravitational effects), and adding the fact that it would be cheaper to fly from Chicago to Tampa rather than take Amtrack (which offers no service between the two) for approximately $185 on Continental (which is cheaper than a ticket from Minot, ND to Minneapolis :mad: ), the correct answer is therefore “blue”.

Which, coincidentally, is the color your face should be if you read my response while holding your breath for a real answer.

Tripler
You may now breathe again.

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Okily dokily, didn’t realise you guys took offence this going on.

I apologise for doing this once or twice in the past with my chemistry assignments. However, I’ve only used it as a last resort when I’m really desperate, and only usually asked “Is my answer correct?”.

Well, sorry people, Harry