Applying+Past+Knowledge+to+New+Situations

This semester, we learned how to calculate the percent abundance of isotopes. In order to do this, it is important to know the average atomic mass. In past years, I have learned to calculate the average atomic mass. However, I had to figure it out the other way this time. I applied my knowledge of how to find the average atomic mass to find the percent abundance of each isotope when given the average atomic mass.



It is always important to think back on things that we have learned in the past. We should always anticipate that it will some how help us in the future. Because I remembered what I had learned in the past, I could easily apply it to something that seemed to be new, but was actually something I already knew... just put in a different perspective. I had to look at this problem from a different angle, and found it useful that I actually already knew how to do it.