The other tutor has "standard" form and "general" form confused.Take 1/2 of 2, get 1, square it, get 1. Add 1 after the first "+" sign on the left, and put 5 times it, 5, after the first "+" sign on the right. Take 1/2 of 4, get 2, square it, get 4. Add 4 after the "+" sign in the second parentheses on the left, and put 3 times it, 12, after the second "+" sign on the right. factor what's in the parentheses and combine the numbers on the right: Divide through by 30 Simplify: Edwin