<p>I am going to be in Physics B and Calc BC next year. I have never taken Calc AB though. Do you believe it is possible for me to take the physics c exams? I just wonder if I will have enough calc to study for them with plenty of time.</p>
<p>Do you know any calculus?</p>
<p>I took Physics C Mech and Calc AB concurrently. Made a 4 on mech and 5 in Calc AB. My physics teacher was terrible, so it’s very doable. The calculus on the mech section is fairly simple, it’s just knowing how to apply it. Look at this year’s question 3 for a calculus hell question on the physics test :P</p>
<p>I took Physics C (Mech and E&M) and Calc BC at the same time. Mechanics is definitely easier without the specific Physics C book, but make sure that for either test you self-study a lot (more than a lot if your Physics B teacher isn’t that good) because there are some new concepts you need to know and specific derivations that are easy if you just see them once before.</p>
<p>What springs to mind for mechanics that you’ll miss in B is angular stuff, drag force, Kepler, g-field derivations, and banking angle. For E&M, there’s Gauss’s law, a bunch of derivations for e-field and b-field and capacitance and such, Ampere’s Law, and continuous RC and LR circuits. </p>
<p>Most of mechanics is pretty easy to study up on; a lot of the test is non-uniform acceleration and such, which is not hard to grasp by yourself. I wouldn’t recommend E&M without the class.</p>
<p>The only concepts I currently know in Calculus are Limits and the Definition of the Derivative/Slope-Tangent Line Problem. Avalanche, do you think it is possible to self study e and m though? I don’t mind a challenge.</p>
<p>u’d better know some calculus before u take AP Physics C</p>
<p>First off you’re going to need a lot more calculus. When I say derivations (and there’s just bunches of them in E&M), that almost always means a lot of integration, which I don’t think you’ve learned yet. I suppose self-studying E&M is theoretically possible, but I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s way less intuitive than mechanics and would require a bunch more work.</p>
<p>Mechanics would be possible, E&M would be difficult as everyone else has been saying. You’d also have to self study throughout the year dependent on your calculus class.</p>
<p>I’ve taken Calc AB, and next year my school only offers Physics B, which I will be taking with Calc BC. How doable is it to self study for the Physics C exam?</p>
<p>^ very doable. Thats what I did because of schedule conflicts. I got a 5 on Physics C mechanics.</p>
<p>^ thanks :)</p>