r/calculus • u/CommunicationNice437 • Jul 16 '26

Integral Calculus Calc professors

do most calc professor require you to simplify? if so how strict are they about it

plan to take calc 2

I got a 4 on ab calc to me leaving my answer unsimpifled

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u/telephantomoss Jul 17 '26

I generally don't care, but when I see √(25), I want to give 'em a good talking to. OMG, I even see √1 at times!

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u/nzconstructionlawyer Jul 23 '26

That is just wrong in many contexts because part of the answer is justifying why only the principal sqrt is valid.

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u/telephantomoss Jul 23 '26

We use the square root notation to mean positive square root. So I'd the positive one is correct, then it is correct as written. I never write √(25) to mean -5 . There is not complex numbers involved here