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I fell behind on a Calculus I course using Stewart as the text and I'm 4 chapters behind.

I have until next week to make up for it, and I haven't done math in years.

What's the best way to stimulate learning capacity?

>> No.7368906
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7368906

>>7368901
A Nootropics drugs, a chocolate, and this.

>> No.7368909
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>>7368901

Coffee... lots and lots of coffee

>> No.7368922

>>7368901
Fistfuls of adderall. I had to squeeze a semester of calc into 3 days. Squeaked by with a B+. I ain't mad.

>> No.7368954

Four chapters in a week is perfectly doable. Just get up at 8 am, drink coffee, eat breakfast, take a shit and go to the library for the rest of the day, until 6 pm. Unless you're stupid of course, this should get you through the mats in no-time.

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>>7368954

I'm semi-stupid so it takes a little longer since I haven't done some operation in years, so I'm going back and reviewing factoring and shit like logarithms.

>> No.7369524
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7369524

the disapointed face of your dad

>> No.7370521

>>7368906
I'd didn't know one can use that on themselves.

>> No.7370590
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>>7370521
The religious folk do it all the time.

>> No.7370594

>>7368901
Stop watching tv

>> No.7370598

>>7368906
>>7368909
Faggots spend all day multitasking on the web, degrading their attention with 6 second vine videos, then are surprised they cant read a page without getting distracted.

To finish college you dont need to be smart. you need to pay attention. You fucked up your own brain online, now spend a few weeks not doing that shit or jerking off like a 19th century mental patient, so you can learn to just read a goddamned book. All those people who do pass the course, yeah not so smart, just dont have attention span of a braindamaged guinea pig.

>> No.7371066

>>7370598
>just dont have attention span of a braindamaged guinea pig

kek

>> No.7371285

>>7368909
Dually, a comathemathician is a device for turning cotheorems into ffee.

>> No.7372452

>>7368922
pretty much everyone i know in STEM ingested copious amounts of stimulants to get through college, much less calc 1. I myself probably took almost 4 or 5 grams of adderall over the last semester juggling o-chem, multivariable calc, biology and physics. I pulled off a 3.8 and somehow managed to stay sane. I'd say I'm pretty proud of myself, so go get yourself some adderall OP>>7368901

>> No.7372488

>>7372452

what a madman

>> No.7372507

>>7368901

I learned calculus from Paul Dawking's site. He has calc 1,2,3 + linear algebra. It's easier to learn than from books if you don't want all the details.

>> No.7372512

>>7372507
Is khan academy any good? I just started their calc program in preparation for next semester and I don't want to waste any time.

>> No.7372515

>>7372512

Khan academy is too basic if you want to pass a college exam. Go for PD, he actually explains how to solve the exercises and his exercises get quiet difficult. You can then watch some videos from patrickjmt when you don't understand something from PD. I find his explanations to be better suited for a school setting than khan.

>> No.7372516

>>7372512
>>7372515

BTW, calculus is not difficult but make sure you know algebra WELL. You NEED to know trig, algebra and your log, exponents etc. properties otherwise don't even bother starting with calculus. Learn that first.

>> No.7372526

>>7372516
I started yesterday and limits are a joke I'm sure it will get much more challenging. My trig is weak though so I'll review that before continuing, thanks for your advice!

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>>7372526
>limits

Yes, they will get more complicated.

>> No.7372544

>>7372543

log x is base e not 10

>> No.7372550

>>7372516
Another anon.
Is khanacademy better for that?
Or would I be better off following a book?
Which would you suggest so I can get fast into the stuff?

>> No.7372556

>>7372550

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/

Depends on your existing knowledge, the site above has algebra as well, just pick the topics you need to refresh. I'd also give patrickjmt a try for some stuff and khan as well. I prefer PatrickJMT but that's just me.

You could get off with just videos for these though, the above two sources have them.

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>>7368901
>Stewart
That book aint calculus. That is calculus for engineers.

>> No.7373028

>>7372550
Me again.
Never remembered to have done trig.
Where does someone learn trig the fast way?

>> No.7373060

>>7372910
What's "-20 Autism"?

>> No.7373640

>>7372543
that's trivial

>> No.7373644

>>7373060
it's logarithmic so it's -20 dB autism

>> No.7373687

>>7368901
search youtube for "Khanacademy".
The guy is a phenomenal teacher.

>> No.7373700

You better get started, nigger.

I suggest watching some videos or what you need to know instead of reading the book. I was never a fan of Stewart.

>> No.7373930

>>7372543
> not using l hopitals rule

>> No.7373932

>>7372543
>>7373930
Btw the first limit is 1/2