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just glancing over this pdf it doesn't seem so bad. The first couple of problems are just integrations with some very obvious u-substitutions.

• gowld 2y ago
  That's what parent said: "silly math tricks" that will never, ever be relevant in business after 1930, now that we have calculators.
  • galdosdi 2y ago
    That's... totally normal calculus curriculum, and is pretty elementary, not advanced. It's true you won't do a symbolic integration ever again, but practice learning stuff like that will serve them well when they're learning intricate tax code rules and principles of managerial finance, cash flow, rates of return etc. I mean, now that I say all that, they'd probably be best served by just jumping into the complex business and finance math and skipping symbolic integration, once they totally understand integration conceptually. But if they don't, they're still getting good practice out of it, especially if they find it challenging. That means they are learning problem solving techniques they didn't know, and need to know. The only way you're right and it's a waste of time is if they find it easy.
  • thorncorona 2y ago
    Because mental math is useless as well now that we have calculators..