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[FleshLight]

Just take the derivative of the top and bottom until you end up with a constant.

 

[bootymac]

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[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Where I went to high school we did derivitives my junior year. I still don't know what the heck you do in class time to not be on calculus in high school. I mean you take pre-algebara 7th grade, algebra 8th grade, Algebra 2 9th grade, geometry 10th grade, Calc I 11th grade, Calc II as a senior. What did you do in your 6 years of hich school not have done this by the time you were in college?

seriously, no one cares about your HS.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

important note

x^n = n*x^(n-1)

y = x^4 + 2x³ - x² + x + 5
y' = 4x³ + 6x² - 2x¹ + 1
y'' = 12x² + 12x - 2
y''' = 24x + 12
y'''' = 24
y''''' = 0

 

[bootymac]

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[BrownTown]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Where I went to high school we did derivitives my junior year. I still don't know what the heck you do in class time to not be on calculus in high school. I mean you take pre-algebara 7th grade, algebra 8th grade, Algebra 2 9th grade, geometry 10th grade, Calc I 11th grade, Calc II as a senior. What did you do in your 6 years of hich school not have done this by the time you were in college?

seriously, no one cares about your HS.

what?, its a question , I am asking what math classes people took in high school. I'm not trying to say anything about the education system of one area or another, I'm just saying that was the norm where I went to school.

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: BrownTown

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Where I went to high school we did derivitives my junior year. I still don't know what the heck you do in class time to not be on calculus in high school. I mean you take pre-algebara 7th grade, algebra 8th grade, Algebra 2 9th grade, geometry 10th grade, Calc I 11th grade, Calc II as a senior. What did you do in your 6 years of hich school not have done this by the time you were in college?

seriously, no one cares about your HS.

what?, its a question , I am asking what math classes people took in high school. I'm not trying to say anything about the education system of one area or another, I'm just saying that was the norm where I went to school.

9th: Algebra
10th: Geometry
11th: Algebra II
12th: Pre-Cal

or

9th: Algebra & Geometry
10th: Algebra II
11th: Pre-Cal
12th: Some bullsh!t online calculus course where you play quake all period

 

[nycxandy]

1. Simplify the initial equation, f(x).

2. Find the derivative.

3. Insert slope and x, to find the equation.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
I'm just saying that was the norm where I went to school.

You obviously have yet to take the "You aren't in Kansas anymore, Dorothy" elective.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: bootymac

Originally posted by: bonkers325
like you're getting your money's worth by not showing up to class :roll:

grow up, you're in college. if your prof cant teach, you will have to try harder to pick up the slack - because it'll happen again. and again. and again.

Ah, good ol ATOT assholes. Did I say I skipped class on purpose? Did it ever occur to you that I missed it for a legitimate reason?

Of course not

He was harsh yes but I think he's trying to say that you blaming your problems on your teacher being Chinese and not speaking English well doesn't help any and makes you sound immature. College is full of teachers who can't speak English as well as their class and who zip along too fast for their students. That's just the way it is. The students just use the resources available to keep up

Besides missing one assignment won't screw you. In most classes you can miss lots of homework sets, so long as you learn the underlying math/science you will do good in tests where the marks really are and the teacher will often notice.

 

[opticalmace]

You don't need to know the quotient rule, or product rule.

Simplify the equation and use the power rule as JustAnAverageGuy showed you, to find the derivative.


Also, remember: (just a random example)

derivative of (5 - 5x) equals: (derivative of 5) - (derivative of 5x)

 

[fitzov]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
you should have gone to your lecture, derivatives are kind of important to calculus

yeah, good luck with the rest of the class if you can't do this problem