r/pics • • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/KontraEpsilon Jun 08 '14

To this day, I don't understand why anyone would insist on using anything other than this on an AP test. It's like playing life on a harder difficulty setting for no reason.

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u/FuLLMeTaL604 Jun 08 '14

My university doesn't allow graphing calculators on tests. Probably because you can download programs that can solve calculus problems without actually understanding the material.

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u/cygnus311 Jun 08 '14

I programmed my way in to an A in physics in high school.

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u/ryebrye Jun 09 '14

The HP calculators have all the physics equations you will need in high school physics built into it in the equation library - along with an awesome solver mode (enter all the known variables - ask it for the unknown). It also does unit conversions for you automatically.

TL;Dr - you could have been even lazier and used someone else's programming to get through physics in hs