@ButMomShesA300YearOldLoliVampire you're welcome!

@Warren H Better to just post your question.

Working on graphing linear equations in two variables (x and y).

And the line I have to graph is 5y=9

I put it in a graphing calculator and came back with a straight line (0,0) which is incorrect as the problem is asking for two coordinates for x and y

If theres no x in the equation it will be a straight line. Y = 9/5

@Warren H

@Warren H To add to @Deleted User 's response, you can rewrite `y = 9/5` as `y = 0x + 9/5`. Remember line formula is `y = (slope of line)x + (y-intercept)`. So for @Deleted User 's formula you have a slope of zero (i.e. a flat line) and a y-intercept of 9/5.

So the answer I came back with is 0, 1.8

But the computer program I have to do my homework on requires me to answer the x coordinate and it will not accept 0. Very weird

@ThisIsChris @ChillS

@Warren H hmm, how exactly is the question phrased? Do you have a screenshot?

Oh you need to enter something for B as well, any other point on the line will do. (They say enter two points because two points determine a straight line). You can enter any other point from the line, for example (1, 1.8)

Ohhh okay. That seemed to have worked. Is this the case whenever there is a straight line?

@Warren H yep!

This program drives me nuts

I just got another answer wrong for writing it in decimal numbers but it was counted as wrong because the answer was in fractions. Did the math calculation, and the fractions converted into the decimal coordinates that I entered.

Do you have a screenshot? I wonder if there's something specific in their question phrasing that indicates they want fractions instead of decimals.

It did not. It just said "Find the y-intercept and x-intercept of the following linear equation."

That's so weird, so for the y-intercept, they rejected 7.5 as the y-intercept? That's so weird because *they* give you the equation in decimal!

oh woops sorry that was the next problem

the one they flagged wrong was the coordinate points -4.8 and -0.375

they said those were incorrect and that the right answer was -24/5 and -3/8 which are the exact same numbers

@Warren H do you get points off for that? might want to bring it up with your professor in that case

Yes I did. I will for sure. If this was on a test and graded in that way I would have gotten the problem wrong

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Does anyone have any protips or suggestions on how to cultivate a better habit of doing homework/getting schoolwork done outside of class? All through normal school I was in the category of kids who didn't need to study and could get through homework during school hours without much difficulty, but now that I'm in college my grades are suffering because I don't have the habit/mindset of doing homework/studying outside of class. Anybody have experience with overcoming this?

@Gaius Mucius Scaevola Wake up early. 5:30-6. Go for a run. Then block 1-2 hours for homework. If it isn't done first thing, there won't be motivation left at the end of the day.

wake up, go for a run/exercise, breakfast, homework

I think I can do that to catch up on all the work i'm behind on this semester

I'm not really a classroom/lecture learner, I learn by doing which is why i went to trade school

all the lab/trade classes I do much better at

it's the classes with lectures and homework i struggle in

has anyone read "Nations and Nationalism" by Ernest Gellner

Not all of it, but some. @johnnyc

Why?

gotta do a book review on it

ive read a good amount but i dont have time to finish and was struggling to figure out what i should write

How about a defense or refutation of the main idea. Which, I believe, is something along the lines of 'nationalism is a bureaucratically enforced method of creating a homogeneous population through state or industry created organizations.'

Nationalism, as being in opposition to localism or tribalism.

Well, not exactly in opposition. As the 'group' becomes a larger entity, it becomes more difficult to maintain a truly homogeneous culture. Ergo, it becomes important for state-created organizations to synthesize naturally-formed local cultures to form a 'baseline median.'

It's like how 'Germany' is really a combination of more local groups from Prussia, Swabia, Bavaria, ect.

gotcha, yeah the main things in the paper are supposed to be identifying the main argument/s and evaluating its persuasiveness

i was having some trouble narrowing down what the actual main argument was

"nationalism is an inescapable consequence of modernity" i think is some of it

idk whether to write about that or maybe include his definition of nationalism as wellmaybe

Yes. That's exactly right. But it must be noted that he defines nationalism as to mean the combination of local groups to form a median. You should include both points because they support each other.

Because by 'modernity' he means the breakup of agricultural society in favor of industrialization.

One is just the outflow of the other.

okay nice that helps clear it up thank you!

Although, as a counter-argument, you could make the claim that it isn't *really* industrialization that is the main cause.

*cause of nationalism

true i was thinking that aswell

Interesting. What example are you going to use?

im not sure yet, kind of just gathering my thoughts and re-reading some parts right now

Ok! Good luck.

thank you!

Is anybody in here a Calculus wiz?

@GDoctor taught it for many years, I can probably help

What are you looking at?

@ThisIsChris I'm In calculus 1 right now and there are no prerequisites however, it assumes a high school background in pre-calculus. The problem is that high school was over 10 years ago for me and I didn't do well in it. I'm going to post a scan of my latest homework and would like to know how to solve the problems in layman's terms. The scientific calculator I have is a TI-84 Plus.

Here's my current homework. It's due September 5th.

@GDoctor here is 1a and 1b

@ThisIsChris Thank you very much! I'm signed up for tutoring at my school so hopefully I'll catch up and remember how to do this stuff in my head. Tests account for 85% of my final grade.

<@&435155896780324864> Can someone tell me why I'm getting a null pointer exception in Java?

?

how do you paste code?

```java
import java.lang.*;
```

\`\`\`java
code
\`\`\`

```java
public boolean contains(Object o) {
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
if (o == null && get(i).data == null) {
return true;
}
else if (get(i).data.equals(o)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
```

```java
public ListNode get(int index) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException{
ListNode cur = head;
for (int i = 0; i < index; i++) {
if (i == index) {
return get(i);
}
cur = cur.next;
}
return null;
}
```

pls no bully I haven't taken Java in two years and now I have to relearn everything

get(i).equals

make the first && an ||

but I'm checking to see if they're both null

but the elseif

o could be null

```java
// Returns true if this list contains the specified element o.
// More formally, returns true if and only if this list contains at least one element e
// such that (o==null ? e==null : o.equals(e)).
// Note: you have to handle the case where a list node stores null data element.
```

if o is not null you will move to the else if

and get(i).data could be null

do this

Object.equals(get(i).data, o)

in the else if

handles nulls

says that the method is not applicable for arguments

Objects.equals

ah

not Object

I still get a null pointer exception from the if statement

this is what is being tested btw

```java
public static void testContains() { //passed test
init();
System.out.println("----------------testContains()------");
System.out.println(list0.contains(null));
System.out.println(list2.contains("1:Good"));
System.out.println(list2.contains("6:Tony"));
System.out.println(list2.contains("notexist"));
System.out.println(list2.contains(""));
System.out.println(list2.contains(null));
System.out.println(list3.contains("notexist"));
System.out.println(list3.contains(null));
drawLine();
}
```

that is from the tester class, not the same class

break when cur is null

it shouldn't break though

it should theoretically be able to find objects with data set to null

cur.next

cur is never null?

recursively