Tuesday, November 13, 2007

10.7

reflective- Graphs of S and I are valuable to determine the quantity of an object needed to suffice something (ex: vaccinations)

difficult-this is a diffcult concept to grasp but after re-reading the chapter the topic becomes a lot more familiar.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

10.5

reflective- I enjoy solving problems such as these because they require more algebraic solving then conceptualizing.

difficult- i didnt find this section that difficult because the problems, if one knows how to go about using the formulas given, are pretty straight forward.

10.4

reflective- although i found this section to be boring i understand that it is some of the most useful material in terms of calculating real world things such as the quantity of something such as pollution or interest.

difficult- overall this is somewhat difficult to grasp because of the number of concepts that one has to understand. i feel that after solving several problems i will get more comfortable doing growth and interest problems.

Sunday, November 4, 2007

10.3

reflective- slope fields are a great way to visualize a specific differential equation.

difficult- slope fields ae not difficult because i covered it thoroughly in my previous calc class

10.2

reflective- i like problems like these because it requires actual algebraic solving.

difficult- this isnt too difficult because all it requires is differentiating the function and then putting it in the equation.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

10.1

reflective- this is a good way to take a problem and be able to visualize it to answer it.

difficult- this is not that difficult considering there isnt any actual algebraic or estimating solving that must be done.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

9.6

reflective- constrained optimization is key in determining the maximum efficiency of a function.

difficult- out of all the material we have covered thus far this has been the most difficult. there is a lot of material to grasp at once, but once i start doing more problems, ill become much more confident with the material.