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they are one of the few nations with multiple capitals
Amsterdam and The Hague...
Rotterdam has one of my favorite bridges, the Erasmus Bridge
Trajan12
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Can anyone explain how touch pads pick up the movement of fingers yet not other objects?
I tried the wiki page but it had too much technical jargon.
I tried the wiki page but it had too much technical jargon.
Shekwan
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Utrecht is a good place to visit for the medieval old part.
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I believe they are heat sensitive.... seeing as your body generates heat, but the end of a pencil doesn't, its why that doesn't work
a_propagandist
The Light Brigadier
Actually, I think it has to do with your body's electric field or something. If it were heat-sensitive, then styli (?) would not work.
Firstlady
Sunlight's Breaking
What level math did you get to before investing in a graphing calculator, and what kind of graphing calculator would you recommend?
Mise
isle of lucy
I have never reached a level of maths where graphical calculators are necessary, or useful. The graphing function is useless, and I've never encountered a situation where you'd need the numerical analysis features, that you wouldn't also have access to a computer. And if you have a computer, you can solve things algebraically, for an even better solution... Perhaps they're useful to engineers, in that case.
If you buy one, though, I'm sure you'll find uses for it. But they probably won't be related to your course
Firstlady
Sunlight's Breaking
So my scientific calculator should get me through Calc I?
Mise
isle of lucy
Calculus (and maths in general) is more about principles than calculating results. As in, you solve equations, or prove things, or learn techniques. The calculating of results is secondary, and you probably won't do anything that even requires a calculator at all in Calc I.
A scientific calculator should be fine. But I'm from the UK, so perhaps things are different in the States(?).
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
Well, you got zeeland, a province where you can bicycle, same as with Limburg, another province. What else do the Dutch have?
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not a lot,I'm afraid.
I picked up a ti-89 titanium for AP calc... honestly, was not necessary, I'm a third year math major now, and I rarely need or use the graphing calculator.
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I have never reached a level of maths where graphical calculators are necessary, or useful. The graphing function is useless, and I've never encountered a situation where you'd need the numerical analysis features, that you wouldn't also have access to a computer. And if you have a computer, you can solve things algebraically, for an even better solution... Perhaps they're useful to engineers, in that case.
If you buy one, though, I'm sure you'll find uses for it. But they probably won't be related to your course
really? In my school, it was required to have a TI-85 or above for just Honors Algebra 2...
I have a TI-89 for it..... and I'm going into Pre-Calc this year (called Adv Math)
but then again..... my school district is run by people as smart as four year olds
Its a little bit different in the states. If you're in High School, you're prob. going to want a graphing calculator by the time you hit Algerbra II, and certainly by Calc I. Our District requires it for Alg II...I think the TI-85 would be fine.
I needed a graphing calculator for Pre-Calculus and AP Calc. Also, for the little bowling game I had on mine.
Mise
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My word, what are they teaching children over there! In Europe, we would never...........etc.
jeps
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some schools demand a graphing calculator by Grade 9. Mine demanded NOT having a graphing calculator for anything, or you would get a zero.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
That thing is awesome.
I had to get a TI-83+ for Algebra 2H. It was required. I'm sure I would've done fine without it, but it was really, really nice to have, and even nicer in PreCalc. I would have been very unhappy in Calc without my TI-83+.
I go with Mise on the calculator issue: Usually calculators are only bad for students, and I mean any calculators, not just the graphical ones. They are useful only in physics &c to get the numerical values, but in maths they just prevent people from learning.
Graphical ones are the worst though. I have hard time imagining what kind of exercise would demand graphical calculator. On the other hand, if people use them to plot functions, they never learn to think for themselves. Maybe they go fine while finding maxima or minima of some definite function (even though they are suprisingly able to do mistakes on them also), but when they start to think functions generally they are in deep trouble.
My advise is not to get it if not abosolutely necessary.
Graphical ones are the worst though. I have hard time imagining what kind of exercise would demand graphical calculator. On the other hand, if people use them to plot functions, they never learn to think for themselves. Maybe they go fine while finding maxima or minima of some definite function (even though they are suprisingly able to do mistakes on them also), but when they start to think functions generally they are in deep trouble.
My advise is not to get it if not abosolutely necessary.
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I know.... I love that thing.... I'm really into architecture and engineering... its what I want to do when I get out of school
PS-I'd get a TI-89.... its the best, and some of the higher level math skills are on the TI-89 and not the TI-83,85,86, etc..... that way you can do all the same stuff, but you don't have to rebuy the calculator for later math classes
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