<p>Any good calc programs that can do chain rule on the 84 silver edition?</p>
<p>Not that I know of
But suck it up and do it…It’s not hard.</p>
<p>thanks for not contributing to the thread… anyhow, i need it to verify my answers</p>
<p>Not that I know of
But suck it up and do it…It’s not hard.</p>
<p>Nothing that I know of for the calculator, but if you want to verify your answers:</p>
<p>[Wolfram|Alpha:</a> Computational Knowledge Engine](<a href=“http://www.wolframalpha.com/]Wolfram|Alpha:”>http://www.wolframalpha.com/)</p>
<p>Your input will be something like this:</p>
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<p>It’ll spit out an answer and will provide the steps for you as well.</p>
<p>TI-89 can differentiate basic functions and give the derivative function as an answer (it can also do basic indefinite integrals), but I believe that’s the most advanced calculus that a calculator can do. I believe that currently there’s no graphing calculator that can differentiate complex functions, which usually involve the chain rule.</p>
<p>ahhh so nothing past power/multiplication and div rule? damn…</p>
<p>WolframAlpha is your best bet. It’s amazing, but unfortunately does require an internet connection.</p>
<p>yeah, this is for my final since our teacher is allowing calcs like the actual AP exam so wolfram is not a possibility.</p>
<p>Lol. Chain rule? ■■■■</p>
<p>I see two choices</p>
<ol>
<li>Borrow a friend’s TI-89 and use those built in functions.</li>
<li>Learn chain rule. Not that hard. I know that having a calculator is a big confidence boost and a safety net, but it takes 3 seconds to do a chain rule once u know it.
f ‘g(x) g’(x)</li>
</ol>
<p>Here, this is the website I always use. [Pauls</a> Online Notes : Calculus I - Chain Rule](<a href=“http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ChainRule.aspx]Pauls”>http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ChainRule.aspx)</p>
<p>i know how to do it! lol i’m just using it as you call it, as a safety net.</p>
<p>Be confident in your math abilities. Don’t have a safety net.</p>
<p>^ Yeah if this is for a final learn the chain rule.</p>
<p>They erase our calculator’s memory before…</p>
<p>You know what also can do the chain rule? People…</p>
<p>lol ours is modeled after the AP exam so we don’t have to clear ours.</p>
<p>TI-89 silver edition can do it.</p>
<p>Well, the chain rule is going to be virtually impossible in a prgram per se to program. An app, it might be possible, but I, nor anybody else with anything remotely resembling a life, would just argue for the logical, just memorize the formulae… It’ll turn out better for yuo in the end since very rarely is it a “just do the chain rule” thing on the AP exam. Also, on the MC on the AP, most of it’s non-calc, so if you’re modelled after the AP, bear in mind that a good 60-70% you can’t use the calculator, so you’re doing yourself a signifcant disservice by not shoring up substantially on your skills in your head without dependence. However, you can check your derivatives on the calculator dy using the Calc, dy/dx function on the graph. If you really need a way to check your chain rule usage and you have access to your calculator, just plug in two numbers in do it that way and make sure it matches. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s best for you in the end.</p>
<p>You can always just do the chain rule and graph your result, and then use nDeriv to have the calculator graph the derivative and see if your graphs match up. It can be a bit tedious and doesn’t give you the equation, but you can at least tell if you’re doing it right.</p>