I've just learned the horrible truth about "connecting t : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:10 am

You know those little worksheets you got as a kid, you connected the dots and it made a picture?
Well, I just figured out how horrible it is. I was doing evil graphs in Algebra, and then I relized that connecting the dots is like connecting the points on a graph plain. Those poor kids don't know what's coming to them...lol.

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:03 pm

Evil graphs in... algebra? Oh boy, wait until you get to trigonometry and advanced calculus, you'll be having the time of your life. It gets crazy.

Edit: You are refering to middleschool/highschool algebra right? Not college?

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:08 am

I'm in a kinda low level Algebra class right now and am really liking it. I just love graphs for some reason, it's something I enjoyed immensely when making games. We're currently working with systems of equations.

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:53 am

wow...i never noticed i never use graphs in real life
my math teachers LIED TO ME

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:59 pm

Evil graphs in... algebra? Oh boy, wait until you get to trigonometry and advanced calculus, you'll be having the time of your life. It gets crazy.

This ^

I'm in the Trigonometry section of Pre-Calculus right now and I feel like my brain has been turned to applesauce everyday. :shocking:

We're doing the trig identities right now. I have to memorize 25 formulas by Friday for our test and we just started learning them last Thursday.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:57 pm

This ^

I'm in the Trigonometry section of Pre-Calculus right now and I feel like my brain has been turned to applesauce everyday. :shocking:

We're doing the trig identities right now. I have to memorize 25 formulas by Friday for our test and we just started learning them last Thursday.

Quick! What is the vertical asymptote interval of the equation "3tan(3/4 pi x) + x" when it has its phase shift increased by 2pi?

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:24 pm

I'm in the Trigonometry section of Pre-Calculus right now and I feel like my brain has been turned to applesauce everyday. :shocking:

We're doing the trig identities right now. I have to memorize 25 formulas by Friday for our test and we just started learning them last Thursday.

Quick! What is the vertical asymptote interval of the equation "3tan(3/4 pi) + x" when it has its phase shift increased by 2pi?

Gimme your lunch money

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:02 pm

Encouraging children to understand fundamental mathematical concepts is evil? :blink:

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:38 am

Encouraging children to understand fundamental mathematical concepts is evil? :blink:

Yes. We have robots to do our math for us.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:09 am

Gimme your lunch money

Close, but I was looking for pi/2.35 or 1.33 . You were almost there though.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:04 pm

Quick! What is the vertical asymptote interval of the equation "3tan(3/4 pi) + x" when it has its phase shift increased by 2pi?

Uhhhhhhh Cake?

I hate that stuff haha

Gimme your lunch money

Watch it or I'll load your coffee with radon :stare:

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:10 am

Yes. We have robots to do our math for us.

I thought robots could only do arithmetic...?

Are you really in Bangkok?

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:13 am

Yes. We have robots to do our math for us.

Or you can Google it.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:22 pm

wow...i never noticed i never use graphs in real life
my math teachers LIED TO ME

I have yet to find a shop where an apple costs X.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:53 pm

Evil graphs in... algebra? Oh boy, wait until you get to trigonometry and advanced calculus, you'll be having the time of your life. It gets crazy.

Edit: You are refering to middleschool/highschool algebra right? Not college?

That sounds like so much fun!!! :banghead:

Yes, I'm in Algebra 1. The curriculum we use really svcks. It gives terrible examples, and I try to google help with it, but I can't find anything. I've never done so bad in a class before. My average is an 80! It's horrible!

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:28 am

I have yet to find a shop where an apple costs X.

Oh, there are a bunch of shops like those. My local grocery store revives 200 apples every week on a Sunday. On Monday, people actually start buying the apples. Usually on Mondays, 50 apples are sold. Then on Tuesday, 45 apples are sold. Wednesday, 40 apples are sold. For every apple sold, the price goes up by $0.5. Apples start at a price of $0.65 each. I go to that store on Thursdays every week. I buy 10 apples each time. How much does each apple cost, and how much does it cost me each year? I have to figure this out EVERY TIME. MATH IS IMPORTANT.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:08 am

Evil graphs in... algebra? Oh boy, wait until you get to trigonometry and advanced calculus, you'll be having the time of your life. It gets crazy.

Edit: You are refering to middleschool/highschool algebra right? Not college?

Yeah, Algebra graphs are nothing when you're trying to integrate to get the area underneath irregular curvey lines. :lol:

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:46 am

Graph theory is fun, calculus is maybe even funner.

Yes. We have robots to do our math for us.

Yeah, well how many scifi shows have told us what happens when robots start doing too much for us... they become self aware and try to take over the world!!!

(Terminator, Matrix, Dune, Battlestar Galactica, etc)

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:32 pm

I thought robots could only do arithmetic...?

Are you really in Bangkok?

Robots can do whatever they want... except walk properly. Inelegant bastards.

And yes I am.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:59 pm

Evil graphs in... algebra? Oh boy, wait until you get to trigonometry and advanced calculus, you'll be having the time of your life. It gets crazy.

Meh, I'm certain the OP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9dpTTpjymE just fine in calculus

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:20 am

I done a maths class that tried to tell me 1+1=3 and not 2, I was having none of it, the idea that 1+1=2 has been cemented in my mind since p1 there is no changing it!

But this really required a thread, I thought it was going to be something a boffin scientist researched. Let down by a thread containing no evil!

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:50 am

wow...i never noticed i never use graphs in real life
my math teachers LIED TO ME

Actually, graphs are used a lot in my line of work (economics/accounting [management accounting])l

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:56 am

That sounds like so much fun!!! :banghead:

Yes, I'm in Algebra 1. The curriculum we use really svcks. It gives terrible examples, and I try to google help with it, but I can't find anything. I've never done so bad in a class before. My average is an 80! It's horrible!

Don't worry about it. Just try your hardest to get a good foundation. In middle school I was a complete failure, sub B grades. Now as a junior in high-school last term I got a 4.07 GPA and was just invited to attend a summer program at West Point to study Computer Science/train.
Just worry about getting the basics down and learning the reasoning behind why the graphs look a certain way, not just that they DO look a certain way.

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:46 am

Meh, I'm certain the OP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9dpTTpjymE just fine in calculus

Now I know what to sing to myself as I fail my antidifferentiation exam in a few weeks!

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:01 pm

My main problem is that most of the stuff we learn after 8th grade has no practical use.

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