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precalculus in high School vs college

many students ask what is the difference between studying precalculus in high school and college

In terms of subject, High School precalculus is the same as College precalculus there is no difference except for the setting or environment. 

Studying precalculus is completely different from high school to college,  in other words, college is more difficult than High School, and  here is why:

Typically precalculus in high school is covered for the Long whole year. while in college it’s only covered or taught in just 1 semester.

So the same amount of topics that you would study in high school for one year, are going to be covered only in 3 months which is lost stressful and challenging to absorb.

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is a survey of calculus hard

Survey calculus is one of the easiest calculus subjects students can take, it is made for students who are majoring in branches like economics, business, psychology, social science, etc. In other words meaning the majors that don’t focus a lot on math, not like engineering, mathematics, or physics.

These are the 7 main topics that students take and Survey car colors:

Precalculus review

Functions and graphs

Limits and continuity. 

Introduction to differentiation and basic rules for differentiation.Implicit differentiation and related rates. 

Use of derivatives to study absolute maxima/minima and to sketch graphs of functions.

The constant e and continuously compounded interest. 

Integration: indefinite integrals and anti-differentiation, definite integrals, and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus determining area between curves, integration by parts.

So, General business majors are advised to take read more...

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linear algebra is very hard

Linear algebra is one of the most difficult courses in math after multivariable calculus in college. It has a lot of vectors and matrices to deal with. In addition requires to have solid basics in algebra courses like algebra 2, and precalculus.

Linear algebra is tough because it is abstract and requires a lot of proofing. In addtion, it requires good spatial memory. students need to have some kind of imagination by representing vectors in multidimensional spaces.

In this article, we’ll discover in detail the most difficult courses you will be studying in linear algebra to see how hard is linear algebra.

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7 reasons making differential equations so hard

Differential equations are one of the most difficult calculus subjects that students struggle with.

these are the 7 reasons making differential equations hard to study.

1 – it requires solid basics in algebra 

2 – it requires solid basics in precalculus

3 – it requires solid basics in calculus

4 – need critical thinking 

5 – need memorization

6 – time and effort consuming

7 – it requires understanding some theories 

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is algebra pointless

so many students think that algebra is pointless or useless in life, if you are one of them you're likely to belong to this category of people.

1, not a stem major

2 calculators or computers are doing the jobs

3 don t know the wisdom behind it

4 don’t know where it used

5  hate it

maybe you could change your mind if you are this article.

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Is there Algebra 4

many students ask if there is Algebra 4 or not, and the response is.

There is no such thing as Algebra 4. The principal algebra courses are Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 students study in high school. At the college level students take Advanced algebra courses like linear algebra, abstract algebra, and commutative algebra.

But you might find some courses that divide algebra courses into a lot of parts. For instance,  instead of grouping all the Algebra 1 courses in Algebra 1, they divide Algebra 1 into parts like Algebra 2 or maybe more. read more...

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Is Calculus hard?

Calculus is one of the most challenging topics, but many students make mistakes that make it more difficult than it should be.

if you suffer from studying calculus you're likely to have these 12 problems:

1. You didn’t focus enough on precalculus

2. you have weak foundations

3. calculus is unexpectedly hard

4 . you don't know that studying in college is hard

5. you don’t know how to study calculus

6. you don’t take advantage of office hours

7. You should have to prepare for it differently

8. you don't study enough calculus

9. lack of patience

10. you have a bad professor

11. math is not for you

12. you skipped trigonometry

For more details, you can read this detailed article if your confidence in math is shaken.