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What are the Prerequisites for taking a Differential Equations course? I am thinking of taking it over summer 09'. I have Calc AB, BC (high school) under my belt. Will I be ok?

In saying the above I'm guessing that you don't really know how messy Perl can get when you program something over 30 lines. And then coming back to a Perl program longer than 30 lines after a month will make you just puke your guts.

Jumping right into C++ as your first programming language is not the best plan... I would suggest learning Python first, it will give you a solid base for programming and also get you into good programming habits. I suggest you grab a book; get a UNIX based OS and get to programming. After you...

Hey Everyone! I'm going to be a Junior in high school next year and I am wondering what math course to take. My school has a schedule where there is only 4 classes a day; but they all run longer. So you can get through a normal math class in half a year with just as much time in the class room...

I'm still working the Gordian's Knot, a fun puzzle for a rainy day. But the puzzle can get frustrating.. And I learned that the puzzle can be solved all to easy when a little extra force is added :rolleyes:. I'm currently in the stage of assembling the "knot" back again to it's original state...

Hey, I have been saving to get some new puzzles, since the only 2 that I own currently are the original 3x3 Rubik's cube and the Sudoku Rubik's cube. I started speed solving 3x3's in May, I have gotten my time down to around a minute and a half. The sudoku cube is harder, I have only solved...

I think I just tried to dramatically stress the idea that there was no calculator. I just wanted an accurate way to do with pen and a paper just for my own knowledge. -Austin

Thanks for the fast replys! I think all were worthy answers but for a more precise and working with all numbers, I am going to have to give this one too Robphy. Dynamicsolo thank you but that method seemed to only really work with multiples of 5 and 10, and seemed a bit iffy. Your other...

[SOLVED]Sine, Cosine and Tangent Trig Help I'm in 10th grade, I was just doing my homework when this dawned on me: How would one find Sine, Cosine and Tangent without a calculator. So if I am stuck in the desert with a stick I could find the Cosine of 73º by stick and sand method...