Im struggling with calculus, am i a failure and should i kill myself(srs)



stick2Herbs said:
should i kill myself because this basically confirms my inadequacies as a member of the human race and as an individual who aspires to become rich as fuck.

discuss.
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You're talking as if you look like this guy:

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High school calculus? WTF? How old are you OP? Are we really talking about 16-17 year old level mathematics here?

Well, one thing for sure, forget having a career as a programmer or anything that requires logic. You could still be a great marketer or creative, but forget anything that is technical... you just lack the "logic" chromosome. You're not alone though, I've met a lot of people like that.
 
BigWill said:
What is the point of learning calc? Do you have a use for it?

/drones
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stick2Herbs said:
im taking a calculus class in highschool.

im struggling with a dinky fucking highschool calculus course.

i actually have to study and shit - and even then i cant understerstand shit captain.


should i kill myself because this basically confirms my inadequacies as a member of the human race and as an individual who aspires to become rich as fuck.

discuss.
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Good luck with high school, let us know how it goes.
 
potentialeight said:
I know what you mean, but my answer would be that calculus makes a lot of calculations much easier and more precise than they are with algebra.
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Actually, one of the most valuable applications of calculus to business is optimization. With calculus, you can find the global maxima and minima of functions (even functions of many variables [but that's a couple of courses up in the undergrad math sequence]). So, suppose you have a whole lot of data from your advertising efforts. You know how your ad spends on several channels affect your sales. If your data are good enough that you can fit it with a function, you then have sales as a function of marketing input.

At this point, you could optimize your advertising to maximize sales using simple multivariable calculus.
 
potentialeight said:
I know what you mean, but my answer would be that calculus makes a lot of calculations much easier and more precise than they are with algebra.
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I think most calculus is made obsolete by simple computing power, but it's probably still needed for theoretical analysis in lots of fields.
 
rusvik said:
I think most calculus is made obsolete by simple computing power, but it's probably still needed for theoretical analysis in lots of fields.
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All of that computing power runs on algorithms designed using calculus. You're talking about a numerical v. analytical distinction, but both approaches rely on calculus as a conceptual foundation.
 
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Minderwinter said:
Actually, one of the most valuable applications of calculus to business is optimization. With calculus, you can find the global maxima and minima of functions (even functions of many variables [but that's a couple of courses up in the undergrad math sequence]). So, suppose you have a whole lot of data from your advertising efforts. You know how your ad spends on several channels affect your sales. If your data are good enough that you can fit it with a function, you then have sales as a function of marketing input.

At this point, you could optimize your advertising to maximize sales using simple multivariable calculus.
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You're preaching to the choir.
 
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