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Gin
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Joined: 05 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: I AM STUDYING FOR A 3 HOUR MATH EXAM AND THEN ANOTHER 3 HOUR |
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MATH EXAM.
Shit why would they put both on the same day. I am going to get heartburn from all the coffee.
Seriously! I kicked caffeine a while ago, and now it makes me all acidy.
Guys math is hard I don't even know why I did so bad at Permutations and Combinations.
Maybe I was high.
FREAKING OUT right now because I really need some sleep after these exams!
I have had a recurring dream where I go to Japan to be an astronaut, and end up piloting a 12 foot tall robot (It's probably a Votom but I can't see it cause I'm inside it).
Man it'll probably be ok, math is pretty easy, and I only need to get like a 75 for art schoolz. |
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Toto
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:07 pm |
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| Is it all Algebra? I don't really remember Permutations and Combinations, but if you post other topics I can probably help you out. |
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:08 pm |
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Guys does anybody else occasionally FREAK OUT in exams
I mean I don't all that often unless I just don't know anything and have a small panic attack.
Frequently in exams I will get extremely distracted. Once I was seated behind a lovely lady who would not stop fondling the leg of her desk with her toes.
Easily took 10 or 20% off my grade. |
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Toto
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:09 pm |
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| Ging are you refusing my help because that is not very civil ok? |
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:10 pm |
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| Toto wrote: |
| Is it all Algebra? I don't really remember Permutations and Combinations, but if you post other topics I can probably help you out. |
Algebra is what I understand though. I can do algebra.
It's when they get all with the graphs and the visual math weirdosity that my brain gets all confused because it takes active effort for me to even think that way.
Trig Functions was my worst unit. I scored a 68% :/
if I have any problems I will ask I will study for the next 2 hours or so before the exam but do not worry I already made breakfast!
I am going to do this! |
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Toto
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:14 pm |
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That's a good attitude to have.
Even if you know less than you should, confidence to actually try a solution can get you marks sometimes. |
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:20 pm |
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This is actually kind of hard for me because I never spent any time in class. I only wrote the exams, which were the only thing marked. I did this by studying a few hours immediately before each writing.
This is not a good habit, but it is a good skill, and I am proud that I managed a 79% class mark, which my teacher thankfully just evened out to an 80 for my benefit. |
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:24 pm |
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My notes tell me that Sigma Notation is something I must memorize perfectly, and I will also never need to actually use it. Only read it.
I fucking hate public education sometimes. |
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:34 pm |
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Ugh.
Radians are a bitch though I understand their practicality, I don't like reprogramming my brain. |
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Toto
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:38 pm |
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Did your teacher teach you the unit circle Ging?
I will draw the Unit Circle in MS Paint. |
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Predator Goose
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Location: Oversensitive Pedantic Ninny
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:43 pm |
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| Ging wrote: |
My notes tell me that Sigma Notation is something I must memorize perfectly, and I will also never need to actually use it. Only read it.
I fucking hate public education sometimes. |
Sigma notation shouldn't be too hard to learn. It's just a compact way of writing a large, sometimes indefinitely large sum. It gets a little harder when they start teaching you things like how to properly evaluate indefinitely large sums.
And if you ever need to take Calculus you'll probably need an understanding of the sigma notation.
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:48 pm |
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| Predator Goose wrote: |
| Ging wrote: |
My notes tell me that Sigma Notation is something I must memorize perfectly, and I will also never need to actually use it. Only read it.
I fucking hate public education sometimes. |
Sigma notation shouldn't be too hard to learn. It's just a compact way of writing a large, sometimes indefinitely large sum. It gets a little harder when they start teaching you things like how to properly evaluate indefinitely large sums.
And if you ever need to take Calculus you'll probably need an understanding of the sigma notation. |
I am going to art school where I will probably major in seething rage when I take Japanese language and lit.
(I will actually major in art and design) |
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Toto
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:53 pm |
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[img] [/img]
haha, I'm so bad at artistic shit.
EDIT:
This won't teach you anything, I'm sorry Ging, I should've actually put a bit of effort in. I'm studying for my own exam though :( |
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Predator Goose
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Location: Oversensitive Pedantic Ninny
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:00 pm |
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I don't know what Toto posted (I've got a few image hosting sites at worked blocked to keep things from being too akward) but this might be more what he was trying to draw for you:
Unit Circle
Stolen from Wikipedia.
Edit: The numbers in parentheses are the x,y coordinates of the points by the way. Which happen to be the evaluated cosine and sine functions for that angle. So for 30 degrees, or pi/6, the point is (sqrt(3)/2, 1/2). which means that cos(pi/6) = sqrt(3)/2 and sin(pi/6) = 1/2.
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Toto
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:16 pm |
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| I posted a dodgy self painted Unit Circle lol. |
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PianoMap
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Location: victoria, british columbia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:19 pm |
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My little brother is actually gradding right now and he's on tranq's for panic attacks in his math exams.
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:51 pm |
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Trig+algebra=easy trig
yay. |
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:06 pm |
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GOTTA GO BUT I'mNOT DONE YET.
OH WELL FUCK |
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Gin
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:14 pm |
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| ACED THE WRITTEN. in about 1 hour and 45 minutes I will right the multiple choice portion. |
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XORDYH
Joined: 01 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:52 pm |
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| Predator Goose wrote: |
| Ging wrote: |
My notes tell me that Sigma Notation is something I must memorize perfectly, and I will also never need to actually use it. Only read it.
I fucking hate public education sometimes. |
Sigma notation shouldn't be too hard to learn. It's just a compact way of writing a large, sometimes indefinitely large sum. It gets a little harder when they start teaching you things like how to properly evaluate indefinitely large sums.
And if you ever need to take Calculus you'll probably need an understanding of the sigma notation. |
More like if you ever take Calculus or Statistics you will DEFINITELY need an understanding of sigma notation. It's not that hard, just think of it as a different language. They came up with a way to say something using different symbols that would take a lot more to say using English or basic arithmetic. |
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winkerwatson
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Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:31 pm |
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shut up ging
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