im not sure where else to put this so im justting putting in a blog
anyways, i have a chemistry exam tomorrow. im pretty much ready, however im getting confused
i like to think im pretty good at math, but im confused.
we have an equation for density
density = mass/volume
d=m/v
so, i had a question where it was asking to find the volume (we only have this equation to work with, so i just assume i "make it" out of that).
so i thought,
since its d=m/v, i would
(1/m)(d)=(m/v)(1/m)
that would cancel out m and leave v, and add it to the other side. wrong. it gave a wrong answer. so i looked it up, and it really is
m/d=v
what i want to know: why and how?!
im confused at this point. we did not really go over this in class..
any help is appreciated
anyways, i have a chemistry exam tomorrow. im pretty much ready, however im getting confused
i like to think im pretty good at math, but im confused.
we have an equation for density
density = mass/volume
d=m/v
so, i had a question where it was asking to find the volume (we only have this equation to work with, so i just assume i "make it" out of that).
so i thought,
since its d=m/v, i would
(1/m)(d)=(m/v)(1/m)
that would cancel out m and leave v, and add it to the other side. wrong. it gave a wrong answer. so i looked it up, and it really is
m/d=v
what i want to know: why and how?!
im confused at this point. we did not really go over this in class..
any help is appreciated