<< I agree with you, the students I have seen struggle with Calculus are
really
having algebra problems and not caclulus problems. >>
I see more problems with their knowledge of trig. Especially when their trig
teacher has not required them to memorize the unit circle and identities. The
famous mistake:
sin(5x) = 5sinx.... SURE!! Factoring the 5 out *does* make those limit
problems a lot easier!
Karen
Orange Coast College
www.coolmath.com
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