ok, thanks. i don't think that I'm at the same math-level as you are, yet. At what age do you (whereever you guys come from) start using i?
Ok, now I know why I don't undestand it. My calculator sucks, and can't calculate stuff like this. I thought it was an advance one, but... well well.
I started using i in Algebra 2, back when I was 14. What type of calculator are you using? I'd recommend a TI-83 or above - in fact, all of my math classes in high school have required at least a TI-83.
Anyway, it seems Too_Bored has dethroned me from my position of tallest person here. Oh well, it's not like there's much I can do to change that :P
I have a casio fx-9750G. It sucks that we in Sweden are so far behind in some subjects, when I was 14 a normal problem was 4x = 5x - 8 ...
Duck Sweden!
But we learn english better than they do in Germany, France etc..
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Well, that depends on how far in math you've been placed. Taking Algebra II at 14 years is kind of elite where I come from. I didn't take that class until I was 16. :(
A hundred years from now, they will gaze upon my work and marvel at my skills but never know my name. And that will be good enough for me.
Whoops, I didn't take Algebra 2 until I was 15, sorry about that :P That would be pretty advanced to take it a year before that. However, I am young for my grade in school. I was 14 as a freshman in High School, and the 'advanced' curriculum is Geometry freshman year, Algebra 2 sophomore year, Pre-calc junior year, and Calculus AB senior year. I was on this 'advanced' curriculum until I decided to skip Pre-calc, taking Calculus AB my junior year. Now I'm a senior and am scheduled to take Multivariable Calculus at the local college. However, this is all extremely off topic, so that's all I'm going to say about that.
It probably doesn't matter, though, supermegavkoy. If you study math in college it's more or less completely unrelated to anything anyone learns in high school.
Xebra - I have a math degree, and the math I did in high school wasn't unrelated to the math I did in college. Just not as in depth. I'm sure you know that you use algebra, for example, in about every math class you take for a college degree. But you obviously know your math well (from other discussions here), so I don't think I understand what you mean by your post.
Also, 4x = 5x - 8 is not an algebra 2 problem, at least in my curriculum. This is algebra 1.
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jxq2000:
I dunno, I see a pretty big disparity between the skill sets both acquired and required in math classes in high school and college. My opinionated response would be that high school math is best summed up as "learning how to use a calculator," while college math is "learning what can be explained without one." Other than the fact that college math classes sometimes feature numbers and may occasionally make use of simple algebraic equations, I just don't see how they relate to anything that anyone learns in high school.
Note that in this context, by college math I mean those classes along the path to a math degree, and not classes like "Calculus for Engineers" or "Basic Algebra for Liberal Arts Majors."
My opinionated response would be that high school math is best summed up as "learning how to use a calculator," while college math is "learning what can be explained without one."
This is a very good point. Although I didn't personally have as many theory classes as others because my college has two tracks - abstract and not-so-much abstract - and I took the latter, I still have to agree. (+correctPunctuation)
xebra wrote:
Note that in this context, by college math I mean those classes along the path to a math degree, and not classes like "Calculus for Engineers" or "Basic Algebra for Liberal Arts Majors."
Hahahaha, yes, gotta love the watered down classes.
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I'm 5'9" or maybe 5'10". I'm taller than my dad (he's 5'9") but shorter than friends who claim to be 5'10".
So I'm in the neighborhood of 175-178cm. Not particularly tall, but I'd wager I weigh more than most of you.
Oh wait, that sucks.
