<p>Hi, I already took the AP chem exam and found the non-calculator section to be more math than I thought. I aced it and all, but I was wondering how the AP Physics E&M and Mechanics non-calc section math compares?</p>
<p>I took AP Physics C last year but didn’t take the test. However, I took many practice tests required for the class and on the non-calc sections, it was more math with a lot of variables/concepts and less math with numbers so … I don’t really think a calculator could help much with that. As for graphs, you’re supposed to memorize them and that’s the whole point of putting them on the non-calc section.</p>
<p>So there’s no calculations at all? Not even something like (0.2)(0.05)/(3x10^-5)</p>
<p>not really. its much more symbolic. look at some practice tests to be sure.</p>
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<p>That’s like algebra 1. Physics C math is calculus so expect something like the integral of 2x dx</p>
<p>I haven’t taken calculus yet (taking concurrently with Physics C next year). Is that something you can do in under 10 seconds without a calculator.</p>
<p>The math on chem is easy, but it’s a little unnerving to do if you’re comfortable with a calc.</p>
<p>Yeah, the integral of 2x dx takes like 2 secs max, once you learn calc.</p>
<p>I saw one derivative of two variables on this year’s E&M test, but that was it. The only other math involved is integration (Electric Fields), and all line/surface integrals encountered will be very easy to evaluate (Gauss’ Law, Ampere’s Law).</p>
<p>kman, was the two variable derivative more involved with multivariable calculus topics or implicit differentiation? just curious</p>
<p>There seems to be more variable manipulation than pure number crunching on the Physics C tests. They are usually in the form of “Given x and y, derive an expression for z.” Not too number heavy like chem is, with stoich and all those balancing. Calc-wise, you should be fine if you can differentiate and integrate. Most of the time, the functions they give you are polynomials on the MC.</p>