[AP Calculus BC]Question about Free Response Questions

<p>does it have to be wordy and stuff? just like it is in these prep books???
i thought math was called a universal language cuz there’s no need for words.
i can tolerate having to write down important concepts like MVTI and L’hopital’s Rule etc. but to i have to write down like:
"Now, first, in order to find the slope of the tangent line, we must find the values of x that make the first derivative zero. and so on…</p>

<p>can’t i just write down:</p>

<p>f(x)=blahblahblah
f’(x)=blahblahblah’</p>

<p>(critical points)x= a, b
plug x=a,b</p>

<p>f(a)=a;voiusb;dv
f(b)=asdoifh</p>

<p>and so on…???</p>

<p>it just has to make sense…i think the prep books answer it like that so you can understand it, not necessarily as a model for you to copy</p>