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Autor/in | Baum, Dave |
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Titel | Solving Some "Calculus-Based" Physics Problems with Trigonometry |
Quelle | In: Physics Teacher, 57 (2019) 7, S.470-471 (2 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0031-921X |
Schlagwörter | Physics; Science Instruction; Calculus; Trigonometry; Problem Solving; Interdisciplinary Approach; College Science |
Abstract | College physics textbooks (algebra based) tend to shy away from topics that are usually thought to require calculus. I suspect that most students are just as happy to avoid these topics. Occasionally, I encounter students who are not so easily satisfied, and have found it useful to maintain a storehouse of non-calculus solutions for some common problems. One such type of problem is finding maximums and minimums of functions. A number of authors have presented solutions using, among other techniques, inequalities, geometry, finding the apex of a parabola, or forcing the discriminant of a quadratic equation to be zero; here, I discuss several examples of finding maximums and minimums using trigonometry instead of calculus. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |