PreCalc to Calculus II to multivariable calc?

jwxie
Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:12:03 +0000

How long? Well graphing function in calculus 1 isn’t going to be on calculus 2. So you can concentrate on differentiation and integration.

It will take you a day just to learn the basic technique. I say keep doing differentiation and integration problems for a week or so… Back in the days when I had calculus 1 in high school most of the time we were given 50-100 problems to do in class. I could finish them within 15 mins. Once you get a hang of it, you can finish them very quickly.

When you get to calculus II, you will learn more. You would be better off saving more time to prepare for calculus II. I think the hardest thing in calculus II is the integration (washer, for example… kills me all the time).

And there will be a lot of “mechanical memorization” in calculus for various of new techniques.