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What if I do not understand the answer?

Nov 5, 2026
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Say which part you followed and ask them to continue from there: I follow the first half, could you take it from the weighting?

Say which part you followed and ask them to continue from there: I follow the first half, could you take it from the weighting? That is more useful than I still don't understand, because it tells the professor exactly where the explanation broke, and it usually produces a second, shorter explanation rather than a repetition.

Name the last point you did follow and ask them to continue from there. That gives the professor a place to restart, which usually produces a shorter second explanation instead of a repeat of the first.

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