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 Post subject: Calculators for advanced physics test
PostPosted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:48 pm 
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Wow I wish we could use calculators. I can remember most sine,, cosine tan. But I dont know how many natural logarithms I can remember.

There also might be many time consuming tedious divisions, and multiplications etc.


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 Post subject: Re: Calculators for advanced physics test
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Search before posting!!!

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2459


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 Post subject: Re: Calculators for advanced physics test
PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:25 pm 
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He was not asking if they could be used, just discussing his laments. I know it makes it harder to search for information, but this is also a discussion forum and the guy was just discussing. No need to close the topic.


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 Post subject: Re: Calculators for advanced physics test
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So if the OP is still around: take heart, you really don't ever need to know anything more complicated than sin, cos, and tan. Maybe a few order-of-magnitude calculations, a bit of long division, nothing the average physics major couldn't train up on in a few weeks or months.

Take a look at the published tests (there are links on this subforum) and get an idea of the sort of calculations you might need. Calculators are really not necessary.


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 Post subject: Re: Calculators for advanced physics test
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grae313 wrote:
He was not asking if they could be used, just discussing his laments. I know it makes it harder to search for information, but this is also a discussion forum and the guy was just discussing. No need to close the topic.

He can follow the discussion there and use the tips that are already there.


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 Post subject: Re: Calculators for advanced physics test
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Yes, I just don't think we should be discouraging people from posting unless they are asking a question that has been asked and answered many times before.


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