The pains of math.

[hypocritic]

I'm dropping out of Calculus next semester. That's right. I decided it last night, and I was so very happy and excited

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[chasing]

i once had a calculus class that made me hate life. all day before class i dreaded it, and all day after class i felt stupid, and during class i was a miserable wreck. i drew that conclusion, and withdrew. i don't much miss it. ;)

[slodeth]

You learn why the quad formula works in Calculus. You even learn how they know pi!

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[hypocritic]

I'm pretty sure I know how they found pi - c/d. But, do you learn why it works in all of those formulas?

And maybe I should have used an easier example.. acceleration = distance/time. something basic like that barely, if not at all, makes sense to me.

[slodeth]

It's not that simple. You can't measure circumference or diameter with infinite precision. I forget exactly how it's done, but it involves integrating a semicircle and some other stuff.

a=v/t is calculus, but it's a physics application, so you'll need a year of calculus and a year of college-level physics to explain that one.

So...yeah, it's not worth it, unless you're really curious.