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mirzaalx
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calculator?

Post by mirzaalx » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:18 pm

Are calculators allowed? Pretty sure I read that they were not, but i just wanted to double check.

Thanks and good luck

dmahler
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Re: calculator?

Post by dmahler » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:37 pm

No they most certainly are not allowed. You should memorize easy roots like Sqrt[2] and Sqrt[3] and their inverses just for time's sake. That and remember how to do long division (yuck!)
-dm

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secander2!
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Re: calculator?

Post by secander2! » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:55 pm

Nope, no calculators. Another thing you might want to memorize is the sins of the five most commonly used angles.

I know it's stupid, but since I've got a bad memory, I found this little trick helpful in memorizing them:

sin(0)=sqrt(0)/2=0
sin(30)=sqrt(1)/2=1/2
sin(45)=sqrt(2)/2=sqrt(2)/2
sin(60)=sqrt(3)/2=sqrt(3)/2
sin(90)=sqrt(4)/2=1

samuelarnold
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Re: calculator?

Post by samuelarnold » Tue May 24, 2011 5:06 am

Calculators are not allowed for the exam.

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sphy
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Re: calculator?

Post by sphy » Tue May 24, 2011 3:27 pm

secander2! wrote:...... since I've got a bad memory.
I thought I am having memory depletion, but alas....



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