Yup, that's right...I'm starting Calculus soon but I have no strong background and knowledge when it comes to math.
Can anyone guide me in the right direction...I'm looking for some resources to help me when it comes to Calculus.
Websites?
Books?
Anything else you can recommend?
We're going to be doing things like:
*derivative of polynomial, trigonometric, logarithmic & exponential functions
*derivatives
*limits
etc.
Any help is greatly appreciated..ty:)
2007-05-17 18:02:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Make friends with yahoo answers. Trust me this is one of the best sources to look for information and guidance. Add people that you know do good work to your friends list so that you can contact them when you get stuck. The thing is I want to help you but don't know where to start. Because I do not know what you know and basically you use everything that you have learned since 1st grade up to now in calculus. But Good Luck.
2007-05-17 18:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To do simple calculus, you need to know two very basic things: SLOPE AND AREA! A derivative is simply the slope of the line tangent to a graph at a certain point. After this, you will simply learn shortcuts, which are purely calculus-based. You will need some algebra, but mostly calc is new, easy stuff. Once you master derivatives, you will start going backwards, with integrals. This is simply the area under a curve! If you can find the area of a rectangle, you'll get basic integral calculus easily! Once again, you'll learn the shortcuts to integration, but if you really try to learn, you should have no trouble at all. Calculus is actually very easy compared to trig and geometry. Good luck!
2007-05-18 01:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by Pius Thicknesse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are able to get a hold of the book you will be using, start looking over the first few chapters.
Go through your algebra books and make sure that you understand everything you learned in algebra.
Derivatives are not that tough once you get used to them. Limits are the same. I found Optimization to be the hardest thing, but i don't know if you will need to learn that.
2007-05-18 01:10:19 · answer #3 · answered by Izzie 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Calculus is basically advanced algebra. If you know the laws in algrebra, you should be able to survive reasonably well in calculus.
2007-05-18 01:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mathworld.wolfram.com -- a great site for math
2007-05-18 01:07:57 · answer #5 · answered by theanswerman 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋