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Hey. Ive been having a slightly rough time in my chem class lately and have been thinking about getting some extra help. I just recently lost my text book (there goes $130 ) and have been in the area to buy a new text but a different one. Can any of you recommend me a good General Chemistry text that you thought did the job when you had the class? I want something that can hopefully give a thorough explanation of the topics covered. Im more of a visual learner so hopefully something that has example diagrams and pictures that help explain the topic. Last, it has to have good explanations and examples (hopefully a breakdown) of the type of questions one will encounter in a certain topic.
Last, I know that practice problems are usually the key to a successful grade in the class for those who struggle. Does anyone know of a good source that provides lots of practice problems that also include a detailed breakdown of the question when answering it? The book we currently use now only gives maybe 1 or 2 broken down problems per topic and as said before, I'm a visual learner and I learn best by example. Its discouraging when I have to ask the professor or a tutor for help, and they simply try to get me to think about how I would approach every step to a problem. If I knew how to approach it, I would have done it already . Seeing problems fully answered and broken down step by step similar to what we are covering in class at the time would help soo much.
We are currently covering thermodynamics and I'm getting hammered because I just cant seem to visualize the process of which I will answer the questions let alone the way the equations work. Last chapter was Gases and it was pretty easy because I understood what the questions were asking and were able to visualise what steps I would need and what equations to plug in.
Last, I know that practice problems are usually the key to a successful grade in the class for those who struggle. Does anyone know of a good source that provides lots of practice problems that also include a detailed breakdown of the question when answering it? The book we currently use now only gives maybe 1 or 2 broken down problems per topic and as said before, I'm a visual learner and I learn best by example. Its discouraging when I have to ask the professor or a tutor for help, and they simply try to get me to think about how I would approach every step to a problem. If I knew how to approach it, I would have done it already . Seeing problems fully answered and broken down step by step similar to what we are covering in class at the time would help soo much.
We are currently covering thermodynamics and I'm getting hammered because I just cant seem to visualize the process of which I will answer the questions let alone the way the equations work. Last chapter was Gases and it was pretty easy because I understood what the questions were asking and were able to visualise what steps I would need and what equations to plug in.