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Getting Ahead on Calculus BC - All about Limits and Continuity and a full guide to Derivatives!

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9 sessions

+12

This series ended on September 18, 2023. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

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We will go through a large portion of the first quarter of Calculus BC

Tutored by

Avaneesh M 🇺🇸

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I'm a rising junior in Texas interested in mathematics and its applications in physics as well as computer science. I got a 5 on calculus bc and an 800 on the sat math section my sophomore year so I am here to help people with those subjects!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please do not miss more than two sessions in a row and message me if you can not attend for any reason!

SESSION 1

4

Aug

SESSION 1

Limits and continuity

Limits and continuity

Fri 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM UTCAug 4, 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM UTC

I plan to cover the basics of limit notation, as well as how to solve harder limit problems. We will also discuss relevant theorems such as the intermediate value theorem.
SESSION 2

9

Aug

SESSION 2

Limits and continuity

Limits and continuity

Wed 11:30 PM - Thu, 1:00 AM UTCAug 9, 11:30 PM - Aug 10, 1:00 AM UTC

This session will cover the second half of the Limits and Continuity unit! It will also serve as a catch-up class for those who could not attend the first class.
SESSION 3

11

Aug

SESSION 3

Differentiation: definition and basic derivative rules

Differentiation: definition and basic derivative rules

Fri 11:30 PM - Sat, 1:00 AM UTCAug 11, 11:30 PM - Aug 12, 1:00 AM UTC

We will learn the basics of one of the most important backbones of calculus bc, the derivative! We will cover secant lines as well as tangent lines and their relations to derivatives. Then we will cover basic derivative rules as well as PVA, which is position velocity and acceleration.
SESSION 4

18

Aug

SESSION 4

Differentiation: definition and basic derivative rules

Differentiation: definition and basic derivative rules

Fri 11:30 PM - Sat, 1:00 AM UTCAug 18, 11:30 PM - Aug 19, 1:00 AM UTC

This lesson will cover The next step of the basics of differentiation, which is the product and quotient rules, higher order derivatives, and the derivatives of log(x), ln(x), and a^x.
SESSION 5

25

Aug

SESSION 5

Differentiation: composite, implicit, and inverse functions

Differentiation: composite, implicit, and inverse functions

Fri 11:30 PM - Sat, 1:00 AM UTCAug 25, 11:30 PM - Aug 26, 1:00 AM UTC

This session will cover the chain rule, which is used to differentiate composite functions, implicit differentiation, and inverse functions, which includes the inverse trigonometric functions.
SESSION 6

27

Aug

SESSION 6

Contextual applications of differentiation

Contextual applications of differentiation

Sun 11:30 PM - Mon, 1:00 AM UTCAug 27, 11:30 PM - Aug 28, 1:00 AM UTC

This lesson will cover related rates as well as L'Hopital's Rule. We will also cover some necessary relevant theorems, such as Rolle's Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem.
SESSION 7

1

Sep

SESSION 7

Applying derivatives to analyze functions

Applying derivatives to analyze functions

Fri 11:30 PM - Sat, 1:00 AM UTCSep 1, 11:30 PM - Sep 2, 1:00 AM UTC

This class will cover the basics of analyzing functions with derivatives.
SESSION 8

3

Sep

SESSION 8

Applying derivatives to analyze functions

Applying derivatives to analyze functions

Sun 11:30 PM - Mon, 1:00 AM UTCSep 3, 11:30 PM - Sep 4, 1:00 AM UTC

This class will continue what we started with analyzing graphs with derivatives, and then we will also talk about a very interesting concept called optimization.
SESSION 9

17

Sep

SESSION 9

Review

Review

Sun 11:30 PM - Mon, 12:30 AM UTCSep 17, 11:30 PM - Sep 18, 12:30 AM UTC

Anyone can feel free to ask questions about anything we learnt so far during this class.

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Aug 4 - Sep 18

7 weeks

60 - 90 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Fridays

11:30PM

Sundays

11:30PM