math intuition

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One way to train my intuition is to compare the problem with something
I've seen plenty of times in real life. I've painted murals, mixing
the colors I want from poster paint. Often I want a light color, and a
little color goes a long way.

I have learned to be very careful not to
add too much color to the white at first. Why? I If I need 1 part blue
to 100 parts white (which is not unreasonable in my experience), and I
put in 2 dabs of blue instead of 1, meet math tutors online for more examples;
I need to add another 100 parts of
white to get the color to be what I wanted!

I can't tell you how many
times I've ended up with far more paint than I needed, by the time I
got the color right. I've learned that it's better to throw away half
the too-dark mixture, rather than try to save the whole batch by
adding white. learn more on math forum.