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What does "help" with your homework mean to you?
I see a lot of questions from people asking for help with their homework, but then the content of the question is just the homework problem. To me, the word "help" means you do part and I do part. So, where's your part?
Just FYI, if you make an effort to answer the question yourself, and show what you've tried, I'm willing to help. If you are just posting every question from your assignment and expecting someone else to do it for you, I'm not. How about any other answerers here? Do you also skip questions if the asker hasn't shown that they've tried anything?
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- PaulLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Help means explaining the working out not just giving the answer. In the homework help section I will often think up a similar question and show them the working out but in the Physics or Maths forum I'll just give them the answers and assume they're asking a question they made up to help them learn and not trying to cheat on their homework.
That's because I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt and assume the best in people.
- Cal65Lv 59 years ago
For me, if it is a hard question, I usually won't answer it if they don't tell me what they did.
For easier questions like finding equations of lines, finding kinetic energy, etc.. I will usually give them a formula.
