<p>I'm taking Maths 2 in November, but I've only got a scientific calculator. Is a graphing calculator necessary, provided that I can do basic calculus? If someone can provide some examples that require a graphing calculator is even better. Thanks.</p>
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<p>yes. eg.</p>
<p>Dont try this, its merely an example I made up and might not be correct.</p>
<p>find the difference between maximum and minimum value of the equation (say) f(x)=1/x^3 + 3/x^2 +9 for the range of x -4 to 6 .</p>
<p>You can solve with calculus but takes HUGE time, so a graphing calculator is better. But not NEEDED. You can get 800s by even correctly solving 44/45/46</p>