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1/14/2011 3:24:42 AM
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Are Hyperbolic Trig functions important for Calc BC?
Sinh, cosh, tanh etc.
Are they important for the AP Calc BC exam? Because my teacher is skipping the section on it and I am wondering if I should self-study this part for the exam. It is his first year teaching so this is why I am skeptical.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] APeacefulPanda Yes, those are arguably the most important trigonometry functions, same goes for Calculus I'd think. Those are pretty much the basics for everything above Geometry. You probably should be familiar with them by now though..[/quote]He's not talking about sin, cos, and tan, but rather their hyperbolic analogs, sinh, cosh, and tanh.
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Unimportant unless you have spare time and want to go back to them. I didn't even encounter them until diff eq, and even then we barely did anything with them.
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Mister Math!! I CHOOSE YOU!!!
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I can guarantee you that hyperbolic trig functions were not on the exam last year. I'd still search up the required topics for the AP exam to make sure.
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It wasn't anywhere on the BC exam when I took it. You'll touch on it in Calc 2 (if you ever take it), but they're not really that useful in Calculus.
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Honestly, I haven't touched sinh, cosh, or tanh ever.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] everywhere116 No. The AP eacher's tend to only skip things that aren't on the exam. Why would he knowingly disable you?[/quote] He doesn't teach AP Calc like it is an AP class, but as if it was a regular class. Great teacher but he really isn't preparing us for the exam. I don't think he really looks up what is on the exam, he just goes through the book and teaches what he chooses to more or less. Again he is great teacher but not a great AP teacher if that makes sense. Also we are kind of going relatively slow (in my opinion but other students may disagree), but I can probably self-study if we don't get what needs to be done in time. [Edited on 01.13.2011 7:32 PM PST]
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No. The AP eacher's tend to only skip things that aren't on the exam. Why would he knowingly disable you?
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Hyperbolic Time Chamber?
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Yes, those are arguably the most important trigonometry functions, same goes for Calculus I'd think. Those are pretty much the basics for everything above Geometry. You probably should be familiar with them by now though.. [Edited on 01.13.2011 7:28 PM PST]
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Not really. I'd be more concerned with series and sequences, vector space, and integrals. Hopefully you won't have to bother with curl and triple integrals.
