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This is just something that a student needs to get into the habit of. Mainly, you must be able to identify what all of your resources are. To use resources you must know they exist. They may include:
-This website (obviously)
-Textbook
-Other Websites
-Other Students
-Teachers
-Mathematics Magazines
-Your own problem-solving skills
With patience, you will be able to more efficiently search through these resources and ask the questions that best address the issues you are having. This usually requires identifying what aspect of the problem is giving you trouble. Usually it will be one of a few things:
-You don't understand what the question is asking.
-You don't understand why some step in the solution is valid.
-You partially solve a problem but to finish you must use some technique/formula you've never seen before.