Precalc and discreet math in one course, man that must be one HELL of an introduction to discreet math!!!!! I just finished discreet math last semester and let me tell you it's no joke!! We did a bit of statistics in that course as well, I have to say my favorite part of statistics was calculating the odds of winning a pick six no order lottery drawing. It's a very interesting subject, lots of symbolic IF this happens THEN this will happen and then do the "math" and seeing if it is a true statement. Good luck guys and take it seriously its not a course to lay back in.

 

Oh yeh, I remember "imaginary numbers" and "matracies" (not sure about the spelling on that one!).

 

cool i had no clue but i was puzzled thinking it was an inline and wonderingwhy would there be a y pipe

thanks

 

i did that last year in advanced algebra.

 

since this thread seems to have drifted to calculus....
that seems a little overboard. i took college calc with only a semester of trig and college algebra under my belt. basically, as long as you understand algebra inside and out, calc is pretty easy, but a lot of it depends on how good the teacher is, and there aren't many good math professors/teachers out there.

 

im a sophomore too. i havent got into calc. yet right now im in geometry and it sucks bad enough.

 

i took geometry in the eighth grade

but yeah...in advanced algebra we skimmed over calculus a bit...and trig. somehow they figure we need algebra, geometry, functions, statistics, trig, discrete mathematics, and a precalc course to take calculus

 

damn. if i was as good at math as i am at most other stuff (science, language, history, geography and such) I would be so much better off. for some reason I hate math. I can do algebra when i have to, and geometry is easy except for the whole algebra aspect of it, but i hated it, so i never gave it enough effort to excel in it. I just hate structure. thats why i love cars, its up to me to find out different combinations and i even like figuring out differnet ratios and stuff. cars are a great creative outlet, even more so for the really intelligent people who realize that it doesnt matter if your 130+ IQ could make you a doctor or a sucessful lawyer. if you hate doing it, is it really worth it?

 

I agree with you 100% thats why i refuse to go into medicine.