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    Should I Take Calculus 2 and 3 in High School?

    I will just post the topics covered in each course. Ap calculus AB (Highschool): 1. Limits 2.Differentiation 3.Applications of differentiation 4.Integration 5. Logarithmic, exponential and other transcendental functions 6. Applications of integration Calculus II (colllege)...
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    Should I Take Calculus 2 and 3 in High School?

    I obtained some updates on this. Each calculus class last one semester and high-school has told me that I can obtain half a credit in high school for each college semester I take. If then I take both calculus two and three the Mathematics chair at my school said I can have sort of an...
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    Summer getting too hard for you? Post your Fall Schedule to cool down

    I'm not in college yet but I believe I know what my freshman fall courses will be depending on what I do this year. Differential equations or calculus 3, depends. Discrete mathematics I Intro to computer science Freshman English A Health or some sort of P.E.
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    Should I Take Calculus 2 and 3 in High School?

    I am about to be a senior in high school and I have the opportunity to take distance calculus two and three ( I passed Ap calculus AB with a 5 and my school does not offer BC). The classes I am already taking for high school are: 1. A.P. English lit. 2. Oral com/art 3. A.P. Chemistry 4. A.P...
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    High School Understanding Gravitational Potential Energy: 3 Questions Answered

    I have three questions here, and I am a bit confused about what "relative to" means in this context: 1."A 1.91 kg ball is attached to a ceiling by a 3.28 m long string. The height of the room is 5.94 m . The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 . What is the gravitational potential energy...
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    Undergrad Does My Polynomial Integral Equation Hold for All Polynomials?

    I have recently been playing with integrals and I still do not fully understand them. Usually the best way for me to learn is to play with values and figure it out on my own, so I would like you (physics forum) to check my work so far. After a bit of time I got this...
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    Determine Polyatomic Charge: Sulfate (SO4)

    In writing a formula from the name of an element I can safely say I know how to figure out the number of oxygen it will have. But take: Sulfate: So^{-2}_{4} How do you determine the charge of it with just the name?
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    Undergrad Area Under a Curve: Calculations & Explanation

    Yes *cough* what you said. and I was assuming \int^{2}_{0}dx was the same as \int^{2}_{0}xdx Sorry for that mistake :)
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    Undergrad Area Under a Curve: Calculations & Explanation

    Hey everyone :D I know basic integration and differentiation and I was siting on my bed today thinking how on Earth any of it could correlate to finding the area under a curve. So! I got out my trusty pen and paper and got to work! After much thought I wrote: " If dx means 'a small...
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    Surprising Silence on Today's Topic

    I am surprised no one made at least one thread about this today.
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    High School Explaining basic mathematics to a math illiterate

    The other day, someone came to me with the deep desire to learn the basics of algebra and he believed it would be best, not to get his information for say...a book, but rather a student. So, I thought it would be evil not to help him. I started off with basic arithmetic put into algebraic...
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    High School Why is it when I divide by a number greater than 1, I get a larger number?

    It does decrease o.O notice the ( 10^13) verses the (10^14) which is larger 1.2*10^5>2*10^3
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    Medical Strange Lump in Ear Lobe - What Could it Be?

    When I was like 10, a painful lumb developed in my ear lob... and it grew quite a bit (not to bad). It hurt for a few months and the suddenly stopped hurting. Never told anyone, but it stayed there, for six years and SLOWLY shrank... Now I am 16 and it is growing again and it hurts once...
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    Undergrad Sierpinski's Triangle: Does the Line Intersect the Midpoint?

    easy question :) If you have a simple sierpinski's triangle (3 up 1 down). Does the line intersecting the two midpoints of the triangles "legs" also intersect the mid-point of the height? (if it is a equilateral triangle)
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    High School What is the relationship between force and height when lifting an object?

    oh, duh xD I feel stupid now. thank you.