Question

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Will I or others be Banned or Suspended for giving the answer to a question?

Answer 1

It depends on a question. For all math problems it is inappropriate to hand out an answer, but to lets say history, it's usually not wrong to give out an answer.

Answer 2

I have been told this by one person today with several threats of "enforcing the rules" for giving the answer to a question with a explanation yet not one person i have seen has been Banned or Suspended for this

Answer 3

@IsaiahCC100 because you have to guide the person who asks the question and give him/her chance to come up with the correct answer.

Answer 4

Here SolmonZelman http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/53455998e4b02bb88e65e580

Answer 5

Yes, you haven't provided a help. You just showed why 11 works, but you didn't show how to come up with the answer. you didn't show how to solve it.

you should have started with "subtract/add ... from/to both sides..."

Answer 6

If you look at my later posts i explained how to get the answer for those type of equations

Answer 7

yes, but only after you gave the answer. You should GUIDE the asker THROUGHOUT the ENTIRE question, STEP BY STEP, before the asker comes up with the correct answer.

Answer 8

Hm...actually even with History questions or any question, you should guide the asker to it, or explain the asker, even give the asker a source. In no section can you give an asker just an answer...trust me, I gave an answer once in a subject that isn't math and I was suspended for six weeks. c:

Answer 9

For example...

"I believe the answer is x because blah blah blah..."
"I am not sure about the answer, but I found this webpage that might help..."
"I am not sure about the answer, but I found this: 'blah blah blah'"
"I believe the answer is x <link here>"

You can put it in any format, but to not get in trouble just try to either have...

-an explanation
-a excerpt
-a webpage
-step-to-step guidance
-definitions

You can also ask them what they already know and give them clues that might help.

Answer 10

@IsaiahCC100