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it may be that she has problems with the fundamentals more than the calculus. I'm a 4.0 student in BC calc...and but some things still get me flustered. Inverse function derivatives? When I never learned what an inverse function was...lol that did not work out too well. I think a peer tutor (does your daughter's school have a program like that?) might be very helpful (and free if in school, very affordable if out of school) for catching up on the fundamental aspects. Calculus is easy. Everything that lead up to it, being mixed and matched in crazy ways, is hard.
Do the colleges know that your school's calc class is very difficult, grade-wise? It is unfortunate that this is not her junior year. If she had done poorly in the class but gotten a 4 or 5 on the AP exam, it may have forgiven the grade, since it appears that she knew the material well enough on a standardized test.
Do NOT drop the class. The only thing worse than a D is dropping after a D for a potential business major, imho.
I think you should conference with your daughter's teacher to find out what's wrong - careless errors? Confusing material? Maybe the teacher can offer her some extra credit?
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