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| Leon |
| i just got ASSRAPED by donkeys for hte past 4 hours.. i guess that's what happens when you leave 2 labs hanging a night before they're due the next day |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Isn't that like, grade 9/10 math?? |
Not unless they teach upper division college mathematics to 14 year olds in Canada. |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Not unless they teach upper division college mathematics to 14 year olds in Canada. |
in 11th and 12th grade we were doing stuff like that..,. not in canada, but through the IB program... |
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| Sunsnail |
| factoring is so useless |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
in 11th and 12th grade we were doing stuff like that..,. not in canada, but through the IB program... |
That's cool because I didn't know IB offered Linear Algebra, where I went they didn't offer it but you could take it dual credit at the university if you already had a year of calculus and you wanted more math.
My main point though was that linear algebra is not 9th/10th grade mathematics. |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
That's cool because I didn't know IB offered Linear Algebra, where I went they didn't offer it but you could take it dual credit at the university if you already had a year of calculus and you wanted more math.
My main point though was that linear algebra is not 9th/10th grade mathematics. |
i think people are confusing what the OP posted with things like factoring x^2 - 9 |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| The real question is...What is the point of all this nonsense number manipulation? |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
The real question is...What is the point of all this nonsense number manipulation? |
Power!
It isn't nonsense actually, and serves all sorts of purposes, but you don't learn that until you've taken more math that 99% of the population can stomach. |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Power!
It isn't nonsense actually, and serves all sorts of purposes, but you don't learn that until you've taken more math that 99% of the population can stomach. |
I took up to Calculus, including Survey of Calc, and Statistics. Even the professor's kept telling us this is useless, lol. I had no interest to take more, nor did the major require it. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
I took up to Calculus, including Survey of Calc, and Statistics. Even the professor's kept telling us this is useless, lol. I had no interest to take more, nor did the major require it. |
It is useless for most people. I'm just barely at the point where I'm using all of the math that I learned on problems and wishing I had payed more attention.
But it isn't too useless considering computational theory arose from mathematical study so without it we wouldn't have the internets. |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
It is useless for most people. I'm just barely at the point where I'm using all of the math that I learned on problems and wishing I had payed more attention.
But it isn't too useless considering computational theory arose from mathematical study so without it we wouldn't have the internets. |
One of my good friends is an EE working in Atlanta, and he never does anymore math. They let CAD do it all. If they had to actually work a problem out, they would need help, lol. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
One of my good friends is an EE working in Atlanta, and he never does anymore math. They let CAD do it all. If they had to actually work a problem out, they would need help, lol. |
Like I said most people won't need it, but if you're going into a theoretical field it helps solve new problems. |
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