Tips and Tricks of the Calculus BC Gurus

<p>if you can, use tabular method instead of integration by parts. saves alot of time</p>

<p><a href="http://www.hyper-ad.com/tutoring/int_parts.htm#Tabular%20Method%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hyper-ad.com/tutoring/int_parts.htm#Tabular%20Method&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>EDIT: Can anyone give me tips on finding limits when trigonometric functions come in play? I never understand how they get the convergence of sin and cosine functions. ARGLE! BARGLE!</p>

<p>well sine and cosine dont converge do they?</p>

<p>they do, depending on what the limit is taken to. i believe</p>

<p>sine and cosine functions don't converge as x -> infinity, but they may if x approaches a finite number. L'Hopital's rule (if it's necessary to simplify the function) and then Direct Substitution are the easiest ways to solve limits involving trig functions...</p>

<p>I just want to be good at something again. I'm sure your psych book can probably explain most of why I've been acting the way I have been lately. Idk. Meh. Anyway, I look like a cross between a little Asian boy and Lydia from Beetlejuice right now. Life is not good. Someone bless my pencils for me, please.</p>

<p>Just so nobody can say I'm hijacking the thread: use the D&S Marketing book. It is fun. I'm serious. I enjoy going through those tests. Barron's...not so much.(What.the.hell. There is a ****ing symbol they use that represents topics that "are not tested on the exam". So...why are they in the book?)</p>

<p>Well... any last minute advice I guess. I have been self-studying all year, without tutor or anything, so this is my time to shine i guess... </p>

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<p>PS: Anyone know any interesting Calculator tips that can you pull you out of a deep one?</p>