HomeThe Philippine Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PJBMB)vol. 7 no. 2 (1987)

Alligation Revisited

Moises Soriaga

Discipline: education and teaching

 

Abstract:

Problem solving is an integral part of chemistry and of its instruction. The correct solutions to various quantitative problems have corresponding steps or methods which, if simple, are preferred. Is a direct, algebraic approach always the best way? Or are alternative approaches better sometimes?