College/University Homework Help Thread v2.0

2011-12-07 11:06:36

#76

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

https://www3.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP147819i8i0g42f2igf9b00005h72429i8cih452f?MSPStoreType=image/gif&s=17&w=492&h=429

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2011-12-07 13:20:53

#77

Ryan: Member; +1,230|6835|Alberta, Canada

Jay wrote:
[2ln(2)x -3ln(2)][((1/8)^x)(2^x^2)]

Waaaatt?

2011-12-07 14:42:44

#78

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Ryan wrote:
Jay wrote:
[2ln(2)x -3ln(2)][((1/8)^x)(2^x^2)]
Waaaatt?

That's what my TI-89 spit out. It reduces the problem down as far as possible.

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2011-12-07 14:45:22

#79

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

or go with this

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/51395/MSP60019i8igi7ii9d6b6f00001fh25d4cia72726d.gif

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2011-12-07 14:53:15

#80

Ryan: Member; +1,230|6835|Alberta, Canada

Yea I put it into WolframAlpha and that's what I got. I googled it and that is the proper way. You have to multiply it by the derivative of the exponent as well. Thanks though.

2011-12-07 14:55:36

#81

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Ryan wrote:
Yea I put it into WolframAlpha and that's what I got. I googled it and that is the proper way. You have to multiply it by the derivative of the exponent as well. Thanks though.

Just get the TI-89. Complex derivatives like that one were always such a tedious, pointless, mindfuck. I hated Calc I sooooooo much.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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2011-12-07 14:57:09

#82

Ryan: Member; +1,230|6835|Alberta, Canada

Jay wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Yea I put it into WolframAlpha and that's what I got. I googled it and that is the proper way. You have to multiply it by the derivative of the exponent as well. Thanks though.
Just get the TI-89. Complex derivatives like that one were always such a tedious, pointless, mindfuck. I hated Calc I sooooooo much.

Unfortunately for my final on Friday (and any tests we did this semester) we can only use our scientific calculators. If I got to use my TI-83, it would be so much easier.

I took calculus in high school, but I'm taking it again for a refresher.

2011-12-07 14:57:58

#83

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6098|eXtreme to the maX

You have calculators to do the simple maths I did at school prior to university?
FML

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2011-12-07 15:41:00

#84

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6463

just take it as yet another example contributing to your fine genius, dilbert

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2011-12-07 17:34:19

#85

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6731|Toronto | Canada

we're not allowed calculators in any level of mathematics here

its not like you normally need them anyway, after a certain point you dont use numbers anymore

2011-12-07 17:36:41

#86

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

I was allowed to use a TI-36X because it's allowed on the engineering exam and a TI-89 for all my engineering courses. I took Calc II during the summer and that school had no calculator policy. TI-89 for integrals? Yes please!

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2011-12-07 17:37:35

#87

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6729|Oxferd Ohire

school calculator policy?
my experience has been prof to prof

2011-12-07 17:39:12

#88

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

RTHKI wrote:
school calculator policy?
my experience has been prof to prof

It might've been a prof thing, I only took the one class there.

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2011-12-07 17:47:57

#89

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6098|eXtreme to the maX

I pretty much didn't use calculators at uni, most of our exams were derivations of equations from first principles, not actual use of the equations

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2011-12-07 17:50:14

#90

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6731|Toronto | Canada

sounds like basically cheating, ive never even owned a graphing calculator and only used one in high school a few times.

id rather actually learn

2011-12-07 17:52:05

#91

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6729|Oxferd Ohire

dont know if its possible to go through our schools without a graphing calculator

2011-12-07 17:52:31

#92

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6463

i wish you could invent a pocket device that would formulate complex theoretical and philosophical arguments for you

or give you the answer to a thematic question, in full 15,000 word format

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2011-12-07 17:55:46

#93

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6731|Toronto | Canada

RTHKI wrote:
dont know if its possible to go through our schools without a graphing calculator

how so? ive managed through high school and university level engineering, physics and math courses without needing one. without even needing a regular calculator most of the time either. youre supposed to learn concepts, not number crunching. the graphing aspect becomes irrelevant after you leave high school 2D space anyway

2011-12-07 17:56:35

#94

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

RTHKI wrote:
dont know if its possible to go through our schools without a graphing calculator

It was required that I buy a TI-83 in high school.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-07 17:58:13

#95

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,736|6729|Oxferd Ohire

what jay said. was required for me too..
dont need a graphing calculator for plenty of stuff but it made everything so much easier to keep track of

2011-12-07 18:00:32

#96

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6098|eXtreme to the maX

Jay wrote:
RTHKI wrote:
dont know if its possible to go through our schools without a graphing calculator
It was required that I buy a TI-83 in high school.

So you just skipped the learning part? Neat.

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2011-12-07 18:01:04

#97

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Winston_Churchill wrote:
RTHKI wrote:
dont know if its possible to go through our schools without a graphing calculator
how so? ive managed through high school and university level engineering, physics and math courses without needing one. without even needing a regular calculator most of the time either. youre supposed to learn concepts, not number crunching. the graphing aspect becomes irrelevant after you leave high school 2D space anyway

All of which is worthless and forgotten when you leave college. Try doing an integral by hand when you get out of school, you'll get slapped down and pointed to the volumes of pre-calculated integrals that you'll have access to.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-07 18:01:33

#98

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6463

Dilbert_X wrote:
Jay wrote:
RTHKI wrote:
dont know if its possible to go through our schools without a graphing calculator
It was required that I buy a TI-83 in high school.
So you just skipped the learning part? Neat.

but i understand the cat. the cat in the box.

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2011-12-07 18:02:17

#99

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Dilbert_X wrote:
Jay wrote:
RTHKI wrote:
dont know if its possible to go through our schools without a graphing calculator
It was required that I buy a TI-83 in high school.
So you just skipped the learning part? Neat.

No, it was supplemental, and tests were designed specifically to avoid the calculator giving easy answers. It was more realistic. I don't know about you, but I'm never more than a few feet from a calculator on a daily basis.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-07 18:02:44

#100

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Uzique wrote:
Dilbert_X wrote:
Jay wrote:

It was required that I buy a TI-83 in high school.
So you just skipped the learning part? Neat.
but i understand the cat. the cat in the box.

No one understands the cat.

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