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hello /sci/, dumbfag here

I'm going into precal/trig for my junior year and it says to get a graphing calculator. any commendation on a certain one I should get?

>> No.1032832

underage b&

>> No.1032831

TI-84 silver edition

>> No.1032840

I got through vector calculus and Differential equations in college with out one.

They're a scam. All you need is a scientific calculator and a bunch of paper.

>> No.1032833

Your too young to be on this board. Get a TI-83 plus and play gaems.

>> No.1032845

get any one, as long as you know how to use it they are almost all the same

>> No.1032863

any calculators with tetris?

>> No.1032872

Ti-83 or Ti-84 were easily what most people use.

That is what is what I would suggest.

>> No.1032883

Graphing calculators are toys, and you do not need them for any math class ever unless your teacher explicitly forces you to buy one.

>> No.1032884

>>1032840
yeah, you could be a beast and do all your math by hand, spending hours scrawling out answers to each question
or, you could type a line into a graphing calculator and have the answer given to you in even more precision, spending no more than 10 seconds to do so

get a ti-89 titanium, it can do symbolic calculations

>> No.1032887

IT IS 12,

SAGE!!!!

>> No.1032888

in uni, my graphing calc sat idle. In my math classes, we werent allowed to use a calc, for the other classes, we needed a non-programmable one.

>> No.1032898
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1032898

>>1032884

Honestly, through all my high school and college career, I've never had to use anything more complex than this baby here. You really don't need a graphing calculator to succeed in the class; it's optional crap. And no, I am not an enlish major either.

>> No.1032911

>>1032840
Differential equations is far more abstract than the math OP is going to see.

OP a basic scientific calculator should be fine as long as it has sin/cos and preferably tan

>> No.1032915

>>1032884
graph sketching is a valuable skill.

>> No.1032926

>>1032915
So was long division and paper/pencil matrix operations, until people learned that we had bigger fish to fry.

>> No.1032928

>>1032840
no one needs them, but if your in highschool it prevents you from having to pay attention in class

>> No.1032957

>>1032926
The problem with your statement is that most children learn long division and matrix operations by hand before they start using calculators for the job.

Graph sketching is often entirely taught by calculators; students don't have enough time to learn how to do it by hand. They don't have a better understanding.

>> No.1032960

>>1032911


If you go to a school thats worth a damn they won't let you use calculators on exams for any math course.

>> No.1032977

>>1032960
It's not really whether or not the school is worth a damn; the higher up you go in math, the less it has to do with computations.

>> No.1032982

>>1032926
thanks to learning how to sketch a graph, I can do it in my head anf I don't waste valuable seconds by typing the equation into my calculator, i already know what the graph looks like.

>> No.1033013

If you want to be a cunt and show your classmates up you can buy a Ti-89 Titanium. But, as you are a dumbfag, you may have to act like a senior in my freshman year (high school that is) pre-calc/trig class, and say, "Ay yo, This calculator have many words on a button, how that work mister?"

TL;DR? Get a Ti-89 and be forced to do nothing but solve function

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>> No.1033024

>>1032982
When you get to the big boy equations that wont be happening anymore

>> No.1033027

>>1032833

"YOU'RE" Gtfo fag.

>> No.1033034

Anyone who still needs to take trig and pre-calculus in college does not deserve to be in college.

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>>1033024
>big boy equations

When you get to these "big boy equations," you won't even need calculators. It's all undefined variables and concepts.

>> No.1033047

>>1032884
TI-89s are overpriced pieces of crap too powerful for any class. You might as well check the answers in the back of the book. Not to mention they're banned from almost every class.

>> No.1033050

>>1033036
Except wave functions, fucking wave functions....

>> No.1033063

in all my high school all i needed was pencil, paper and my cellphone calculator (it had sin, cos and tan)

Be a man OP, use your brain

>> No.1033107

ITT: Trolls trolling themselves.

>> No.1033119

>>1033107
The phrase is "Trolls trollin' trolls" you faggot. GET IT RIGHT!

>> No.1033136

>>1033047
Really? Here in NZ we're allowed to use any calculator in math exams, up until 3rd year calc when exams are 'no calc' because calculators would be pointless.

>> No.1033271

>>1033119
No. Literally. Trolls trolling themselves. Odds are anti-calc fags probably ended up using calculators in their exams, just very basic ones.

>> No.1033280

>>1033136
here in new york we get to use graphing calculators for any math exam as well.

>> No.1033300

>>1033280
>New york
No wonder your economy is so shitty. No one knows how to perform basic math.
BTW, thanks for the stock market failures.