<p>Ok so i just ordered the chem 6A textbook, Chemical Principles 4th Edition on amazon. It came today so im happy. However, today when i checked on tritonlink, they offered a chem bundle thing. It says "*3 Chemical Principles Bundle (text+soln. Man.+ucsd Flyer), 4 Edition." Im sure the textbook is obviously the same cuz it is text+solution. But what is the ucsd flyer? And does the Man. next to the ucsd flyer mean mandatory? Did i make a mistake ordering from amazon?</p>
<p>ok i feel stupid the soln man is the solution manual lol. Got that figured out. But that raises a new question. Is the solution manual required or just recommended. If recommended, do u guys it is necessary to buy? Does it help all that much? Im a freshmen, which is y this is confusing to me. Also, i still dunno what that ucsd flyer is or what the purpose is for having it.</p>
<p>You made no mistake by ordering from Amazon, especially if it was cheaper ;).</p>
<p>I’m not sure what the UCSD Flyer is (it might just be a flyer that UCSD puts in to promote their books), but I do have some insight on the solutions manual. You have to decide if you want answers to the problems in the textbook. You could be confident with your answers, and not need the solutions manual, or you could double-check your answers with the solutions manual. Of course, the textbook itself always has the answers to the odd numbered questions, but the solutions manual actually has (for the most part) step-by-step solutions to all questions.</p>
<p>If the bookstore sells the solutions manual by itself (I don’t know), here’s one thing you could do: if you’re in the middle and can’t decide, you could buy the solutions manual later in the year, and maybe with a group of Chem friends so all could share it.</p>
<p>the back of the textbook gives answers to the odd-numbered problems.</p>
<p>the solutions manual gives full solutions to the odd-numbered problems. it’s available for free in geisel for checkout in 2h (ish) blocks. don’t buy it.</p>
<p>the TAs and professors also own an even-numbered solutions manual. i used to loan it to my students if they wanted to xerox it, but took their ID cards as ransom until i got the book back. </p>
<p>most professors assign suggested homework problems. however, only a fraction of them actually make the homework graded / mandatory.</p>