??Derivatives??

[Bobblehead]

Calculus kicked my ass.

Although stick with it, you'll need it in some very bizarre places.

Advanced microeconomics was the last time I needed it - quasi-convex/quasi-concave ARRRGGHH.

But I did well on my GMAT, so it can't require that much calculus

[wpgflamesfan]

basically with the chain rule all you are doing is differentiating outside the brackets then differentiating within the brackets then multiplying the two together. if that helps any

[OilersBaby]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I thought I had escaped this stuff after my first year of university over 6 years ago, but now that I'm prepping for the GMAT, it's coming back into my life again.....BLARGH

You don't need Calculus to take the GMAT do you?

[Phanuthier]

Studies show that Flames fans don't like Calculus

[toonmaster]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Studies show that Flames fans don't like Calculus

I aced 2 of 3 AMAT (calculus) classes i took in university, i love it.
Way easier then the force method, or dynamics *shudder*

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by toonmaster

I aced 2 of 3 AMAT (calculus) classes i took in university, i love it.
Way easier then the force method, or dynamics *shudder*

Force methods, dynamics and stress levels are pretty cool when you apply it. One of my friends is taking a grad coarse on stress levels of structures and materials (similar to how Micheal Scofield puts a hole through that wall in Prison break), and her project is to model the stress analysis of a human spine.

[CrispyGriz]

So everyones favorite subject is back

Quick question, how do i get he derivative the root of something??

for example the root of (x-1)

[toonmaster]

Force methods, dynamics and stress levels are pretty cool when you apply it. One of my friends is taking a grad coarse on stress levels of structures and materials (similar to how Micheal Scofield puts a hole through that wall in Prison break), and her project is to model the stress analysis of a human spine.

That would be neat, way better then the garbage questions they give us

Quick question, how do i get he derivative the root of something??

for example the root of (x-1)

a root is just to the power of 1/the root, ex. square root is the same as to the power of 1/2

so, the derivative of (x-1)^(1/2) is just (1/2)*[(x-1)^(-1/2)]*(1) (derivative of outside * derivative of inside)

(1/2)*(x-1)^(-1/2) == 1/(2*[(x-1)^(1/2)])

[SeeGeeWhy]

Originally Posted by OilersBaby

You don't need Calculus to take the GMAT do you?

No. The GMAT is an aptitude test. The only usefulness studying for such a test has is to get used to the format and be prepared mentally - the subject matter is not really something that you can learn in a short period of time. Really, the test is to demonstrate that you're not brain dead.

I wrote two old GMATs to study and I think that was one too many.

[blayn]

Im a third year engineering student and that question confused me.
The first 2 years of calculus courses kicked my ass (**Thank GOD Engineering is the only faculty that accepts D's for your degree**) But now that I am past that the calculus required for our problems is quite simple, so i wouldn't get to worked up about it.\
Aren't you guys happy ill be designing bridges and what not??

[zukes]

Wow, it's been 9 years since I took Calculus in University and I completely forget everything. Probably the beer. Good luck, I used to be good at it too.

[J pold]

Derivatives are fine, its integrals that are a kick in the teeth

[return to the red]

This thread is the reason I majored in Marketing

[Bill Bumface]

Wow, I think I had to take 3 or 4 calculus courses in university, and I did really good at all of them except the last one, and I can't do a single problem in this thread. It makes me both sad and happy. Sad I can't remember anything, but happy I've obviously lived a nice, full, calculus free life.

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by J pold

Derivatives are fine, its integrals that are a kick in the teeth

Indeed...! I hate intergrals! I'm doing them now, god do I hate it.

[onetwo_threefour]

nm

Accidental post in an old thread as a result of a search... oops

[metallicat]

I was going to help out the original poster, but for some reason my Math 33 textbooks don't go into this much detail...

[CrispyGriz]

I hate you so much for making me remember this crap. Go hang out with oiler fans as punishment.

[OilersBaby]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I thought I had escaped this stuff after my first year of university over 6 years ago, but now that I'm prepping for the GMAT, it's coming back into my life again.....BLARGH

GMAT doesnt have calculus..does it?

[onetwo_threefour]

'kay, it was an accidental post... are we really reviving the thread?

My story... Math 31, was half vectors/half calculus. I completely aced vectors and completely bombed calculus (really, basically failed calculus), but had a good enough grade to help get pre-acceptance to Engineering at U of C.(poor research there, didn't realize that basically every single class in first-year engineering is a calculus with different name. Calculus as it applies to Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Materials...) AMAT 207 and 209, D and D+ respectively, on may way to a Dean's holiday... Then went to MRC to get back into school. Math 251, 253, 351, and 353 all A's and got 100% on the final in 353. But then went and got a Psych degree and then a Law degree and basically remember no calculus other than the theory of how it all works...

I went from being phobic, to accomplished, back to completely lost...

I love reading about math, but somehow calculus just never did it for me. Now statistics, matrices, topology. number theory, chaos and complexity, those are interesting...