I haven't taken PreCalc in a goddamn decade. I completely forgot what FOIL is, how to find the slope blah blah. Oh em jesus. This is going to be hard.

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1/12/2010 10:39:19 PM

what is aluminum?

1/12/2010 10:39:53 PM

i use that shit pretty much daily

post your questions and stuff and i'll try to help. i'm sure others will too.

[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 10:40 PM. Reason : first, outside, inside, last....i still say that in my head every damn time]

1/12/2010 10:40:11 PM

The professor listed like 10 equations we "should know how to graph prior to this class,"

like f(x) = x^2, x^3, e^x, sqrt(x), etc.

I need to find a pre calc book or something

1/12/2010 10:42:36 PM

^first outer inner last silly

y=mx+b

Y2-Y1/X2-X1

TI-89

Should've gotten a 5 on the AP Calc Exam

/solved



[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 10:47 PM. Reason : sounded funny FIOL lol]

1/12/2010 10:42:40 PM

f'(x) = rise over run dawg

1/12/2010 10:42:52 PM

^^ He says that you can't use calculators on tests.

1/12/2010 10:43:17 PM

x^2 is just your regular lame parabola

1/12/2010 10:43:50 PM

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"first inner outer last silly"

get out of here with this weak FIOL shit

1/12/2010 10:44:05 PM

try a math tax

1/12/2010 10:44:52 PM

1/12/2010 10:45:04 PM

to find the solution to sqrt(x) go here:

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=585951

first post actually

1/12/2010 10:45:07 PM

^4x this man knows his pre-algebra. i'd listen to him if i were you.

[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 10:45 PM. Reason : .]

1/12/2010 10:45:20 PM

I'll tutor you. I made an A- or better in all 3 semesters of calc and an A+ in dif eq

$40/hr

1/12/2010 10:45:36 PM

I took that class...it was one of the ones I passed.

1/12/2010 10:45:51 PM

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"get out of here with this weak FIOL shit"

Stupid TWW auto-fail correction for Higher Post Count > Lower Post Count arguments.

First outer inner last. Sounded funny

1/12/2010 10:47:04 PM

i got As in all my calc classes as well and i'll do it for $30/hr

1/12/2010 10:47:34 PM

^^^ Thanks but I can get grad students for $20/hr.

[Edited on January 12, 2010 at 10:47 PM. Reason : ]

1/12/2010 10:47:40 PM

i'll go $15

1/12/2010 10:48:12 PM

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"LOL AT FIOL"

1/12/2010 10:48:46 PM

Quit now while you're ahead.

The last thing you need to do is come to the realization now that you're dumber than you were before.

1/12/2010 10:49:29 PM

to be fair, FIOL works just the same

1/12/2010 10:49:33 PM

yeah, but it doesn't spell anything and is therefore inferior

1/12/2010 10:50:35 PM

exactly

1/12/2010 10:51:33 PM

LIES! FIOL IS VIOLIN IN SWEDISH. I didn't even look it up. I just speak swedish fluently. FIOL is more memorable now that it has a backstory like violin.

1/12/2010 10:53:21 PM

lol... ma141... so long ago

1/12/2010 11:02:32 PM

good luck boss

1/12/2010 11:18:13 PM

LOL MATH

1/12/2010 11:18:46 PM

CHAIN RULE

1/12/2010 11:20:38 PM

mambagrl EXXXPOSED!?!?!?!!?!?!?


bitches don't know the chain rule

1/12/2010 11:21:28 PM

just change everything into the Laplace dimension.

1/12/2010 11:21:42 PM

ITS JUST NUMBERS WITH LETTERS MIXED IN

1/12/2010 11:24:44 PM

^ reminds me of the episode of the Office where Michael helps the daughter at Prince Family Paper with her math homework.

1/12/2010 11:39:46 PM

I <3 math threads. BTW, just go to wolframalpha.com for all your computing needs

1/13/2010 12:30:57 AM

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"mambagrl EXXXPOSED!?!?!?!!?!?!? bitches don't know the chain rule "

like it wasn't already obvious

1/13/2010 12:43:28 AM

Don't feel bad, I went three years of no math between pre-Calc and MA141 and made a 97 in the class. I just took it during a summer session, studied my ass off, did the work and had a kick ass instructor who was actually just a grad student.

1/13/2010 12:58:47 AM

I too made A's in calc 1 2 3

1/13/2010 2:02:48 AM

1/13/2010 2:05:03 AM

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"I completely forgot what FOIL is"

uh oh. forget precalc don't you learn this in like pre algebra?!

1/13/2010 3:28:51 AM

who waits until college to take calc?

also if you don't know basic pre-algebra information you might want to turn back now.

1/13/2010 9:55:43 AM

I'm not saying I didn't know it.

I just forgot all of it.

Like, after I see it, I'm all "OHHHHHHHHH ISWYDT"

The problem is that I don't know what I still don't remember. All those tricks and tips and handy formulas.

1/13/2010 9:58:52 AM

Yeah, I took calc 141 even though I got a 4 on the AP Calc test and placed out of it because I knew I wasn't going to remember that shit after the summer. If I had to do it now I'd be uber screwed.

[Edited on January 13, 2010 at 10:03 AM. Reason : asdfas]

1/13/2010 10:03:26 AM

This is all ironic since I took Pre-Algebra in 6th grade.

1/13/2010 10:05:40 AM

If you are serious about Physics, you really need to have a passion for all types of math. I loved all of my math classes at state, even the ones with Indian instructors who barely spoke English.

[Edited on January 13, 2010 at 10:23 AM. Reason : s]

1/13/2010 10:22:12 AM

I don't see where I indicated I didn't.

Just saying that it was a splash of cold water. I just breezed through a graduate level film course last semester with an almost 100% average, and now in this freshman course I'm struggling due to not remembering anything from 10-15 years ago.

1/13/2010 10:28:45 AM

Yeah, but c'mon film class, graduate lever or not, isn't a real class. That's like breezing through a sociology class or racquetball.


Much love to all you film majors out there! That is i there are any of you who can afford a computer and are reading this.

1/13/2010 10:32:14 AM

I can see why you'd say that, but writing a 15 page paper on the Brechtian effects of Soviet-style montage in postmodern horror is a bit more difficult than you'd imagine.

1/13/2010 10:42:03 AM

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"I completely forgot what FOIL is"

Poor God. As long as you don't have Jesus Rodriguez you should be OK for the semester though.

1/13/2010 10:44:25 AM

Hey, I majored in English Lit, whipping out 15 page papers about nonsense was my thing. Subjective material is in some ways much easier to deal with than objective material, but in other ways it can be much more difficult.

1/13/2010 10:44:50 AM

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"f(x) = x^2, x^3, e^x, sqrt(x)"

you should have done this shit in algebra/trig back in HS

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"I can see why you'd say that, but writing a 15 page paper on the Brechtian effects of Soviet-style montage in postmodern horror is a bit more difficult than you'd imagine."

training you to write fiction eh?

[Edited on January 13, 2010 at 10:59 AM. Reason : s]

1/13/2010 10:58:38 AM