So my college classes start up again next week, and I ordered my College Algebra book and it came in the mail today. There's only one problem: It's the Instructors edition, it has a bunch of labels on it saying how it's only used for instructing and how students should not have this version cause it has answers and shit. I looked through it and only some of the questions have the answers right next to it and they're pretty much the same questions in the back of the book (that the regular edition would have). I'm scared shitless cause I'm worried I wont have enough time to return it through Amazon and get a student copy, and if I try to take it to my campus's buy back center, they'll think I'm trying to cheat.
I know I can't just go to class with it, what the Hell do I do?!
EDIT: I just Emailed my professor asking him for advice, it's 11:19 P.M. here so I probbaly wont get a response until tomorrow. I seriously hope he's a cool teacher.
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Keep it, but also buy the student version. That way, if you ever have trouble figuring out a problem you can use the instructor's edition to help you understand. I wouldn't call it cheating if it actually helps you understand things when you consult it.