Is AP Calculus a class I can benefit from?

Answer 1

Engineer and science majors need to take calculus, so if you plan on doing any of those majors, keep in mind you'll be taking calculus along the way.

There was this real life problem that I like when I took calculus. It was with the Trapezoidal Rule. Constructors, I believe, use it to determine the size of a pit, lets say a rectangular one, as well as the the volume of it. This helps them determine how much cement they need to use when filling it up. And then it plays off into other things like which contractors that make the cement sell the best(high quality) cement for the lowest price?, How fast the shipment can come in?, and all that other stuff.

Here's an example:
A town wants to drain and fill a swamp. If it averages 5ft. deep, how many cubic yards will it take to fill the area after it is drained? (horizontal spacing = 20')
Very interesting formula too...kind of long though...depends on the problem.

So, yeah. Depending on what you want to do in life, you can benefit from calculus and other advanced math.

Answer 2

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It all depends on what you want to do in life.
But a little bit of Calculus never hurt anybody ☺

Doug

Answer 3

absolutely, especially if you intend to do anything engineering or the sciences, but not limited to those areas.