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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 22, 2010 21:49:19 GMT -5
Lol. I haven't read any of his work, but a lot of it does sound interesting.
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Post by Jm419 on Jun 23, 2010 0:10:03 GMT -5
It's pretty heavy stuff, but cool if you have an understanding of elementary physics.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 23, 2010 14:38:18 GMT -5
Well, Physics is next year for me. I wonder if we'll cover any of his stuff.
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Post by Jm419 on Jun 23, 2010 19:47:24 GMT -5
Probably. He's pretty hard to miss.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 23, 2010 22:06:16 GMT -5
Lol. That's true.
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Post by Jm419 on Jun 23, 2010 22:09:11 GMT -5
I have Calc next year, and I'm not exactly looking forward to that...
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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 23, 2010 22:26:03 GMT -5
No? I've always found advanced mathematics interesting, but I'm not anywhere near university level. Or is it just that you don't like math?
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Post by Jm419 on Jun 23, 2010 22:40:59 GMT -5
I'm just not very good at it. I can do applied math, like high level physics, which includes fairly complicated mathematical equations, but when it comes to math for the joy of math - you know, math problems that have no bearing on the real world - then, it becomes a problem.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 23, 2010 23:31:06 GMT -5
Lol. I hear you. I generally enjoy the math-for-the-sake-of-math things, and I don't know why. It might be because I understand it very well, but I'm only finishing Grade 10, so it's not like I'm into anything advanced at school. But, I find that when I can't understand something - which was the case for a couple weeks when my teacher had surgery and a supply had to teach us an entire unit (also the most complicated one in the curriculum) by herself. I didn't understand much of that unit, and I hated math for a time. When our normal teacher returned, I managed to understand it to the fullest, and I've basically perfected that class since then. If only I hadn't done so poorly (well, less than 95) on the assignments with the supply, I might have finished with 100 in that class. Oh well. There's always next year.
[/rant] That rant really showcases how people like to talk about themselves too much. Lol.
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Post by Jm419 on Jun 24, 2010 11:33:55 GMT -5
LOL. Yeah, I understand that. I just finished Grade 12, so I'm a bit ahead of you. Analysis (pre-Calc) wasn't too bad, but it's difficult for me to get higher than about an 85% in math, and that's even in a good year. Trigonometry was a rough one for me, lol.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 24, 2010 13:02:51 GMT -5
Lol. I look forward to next year. I only have Functions and Relations at the University level for math, but I have the three sciences, accounting, Canadian law, drafting, and University English. It should be a good few hours of homework every night, but I'm glad I don't have to get an Art credit now that I have one. That one class brings down my average by almost 5 points.
Lol. I found grade 10 trig very easy (all we did was similar triangles, tangent ratio, sine ratio, and cosine ratio, as well as sine and cosine law; so very basic stuff), but my teacher said that it was the easiest unit of the year. What were you doing in trig?
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Post by Jm419 on Jun 24, 2010 17:48:34 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, that should be nice.
Well, we call 10th grade Trig Geometry, and I actually liked Geometry. I really hated the theoretical stuff, like sin-cos=1, and stuff like that. The identities are what I really had problems with.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 24, 2010 18:33:02 GMT -5
Ah, I see. Aren't the terms interchangeable? Since any math relating to triangles and the trigonometric functions is trigonometry, and geometry is any math dealing with points, lines, shapes, surfaces, etc. Idk. I also have no idea what you're talking about. Lol. That'll come, I guess.
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Post by Jm419 on Jun 24, 2010 23:15:30 GMT -5
Trigonometry is a very focused part of Geometry. Geo deals with relations between all shapes, and Trig only has to do with triangles.
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Post by bountyhunter9 on Jun 25, 2010 12:00:16 GMT -5
Ah, I see. So All Trig is Geo but not all Geo is Trig.
Sin-cos=1? Do you mean that literally sin-cos=1, or that you have to apply some values to that (like sin10-cos10=1)? Or is it more complicated than that?
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