Originally Posted by
JessTD
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show me one example in the real world where i will need to apply this for my chosen career path
i bet the prof likes that one

Well, its not that. This is actually not for an algebra class, this is for a Differential Equations class, which is after Calc 1,2, and 3.
If you would be studying to be an Engineer, like me, I supose you would need it. But then egain, you would not have to solve it by hand...so yeah.