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Re: How much Calculus?
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Originally Posted by mplanchard
Units, units and more units. It is a must - most dont use until the end of the problem but know your units and use them - watch radians and revolutions; they are not the same. Label all answer with units. You should feel as comfortable with inches as you are with SI. Most engineering schools use SI units in the world - we are global. Marie
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The best teacher I ever had was my high school chem AP teacher. He would constantly stress units to us saying his famous phrase:
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"Take care of your units, and your units will take care of you!"
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Truer words have never been spoken. I cannot tell you how many times I've been able to get through a tough problem or catch a wrong answer by just following what happens to my units all the way through a problem. As you start to apply calculus to problems in class, you will surely discover this too.
-Brando
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