Re: People are too dependant on calculators
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Re: People are too dependant on calculators
Justin Smith wrote:
>
> >calculus is just a
> > matter of understanding the concepts, which is what you lose when plugging
> > in values into the calc.
>
> I know the concepts behind differentiating
> 345x^2-23x^45+6x^2-2x+1/(x^2-5x+5) when I plug it into my calculator. So I
> don't loose the concepts, and at the same time I make a very time
> consuming process shorter.
>
> If someone asked me to prove it by hand, I could. I think that is the
> thing. Use a caluclator, but be ready to prove that you arent relying on
> it, and that you can still the math excercise by other methods (in your
> head, on paper, etc...)
>
> -Justin Smith
I use exactly the same philosophy, who wants to do 2nd deg. ploy's by
hand?
However, I think the original point was people often use the calc
without considering
whether or not it's in fact time-saving.
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Rene Kragh Pedersen
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