How is this supposed to be difficult?

[junior patrol]

I don’t want to sound arrogant here, but I’m having to relearn basic algebra and calculus for an accounting degree.

All mathematics questions to me just seem like a basic, formulaic, repetitive question being asked with a different format. Am I learning it wrong, or will this become more difficult??

Here’s kinda what I’m talking about

These kinds of questions

For every single question you just apply a pre-existing formula or solve it in the same order of operations every single time - either you 100% know it or you can never solve it because you don’t have the technical skill

I’m just worried that I’m gonna get to advanced calculus and this’ll suddenly change, does it?

[lucid scarab]

how is this college algebra😭

this is like 2nd year highschool level

[elder wedge]

Well, to my knowledge, college covers some topics from high school math, as you leave early to get there.

[final pier]

High school is generally more computation driven since that sort of stuff is more useful on a general basis. It does change later to more proof driven (the modern call to action in education is to get that proof driven approach in sooner, just takes time to get going)

[junior patrol]

Ya but proofs are kinda the same thing aren’t they

I have a background in formal logic

Its as simple as computation or solving a basic algebra

[final pier]

No

Using a formula and, say proving the correctness of a formula are very different things

[junior patrol]

Fair

[unborn sand]

Yes it will become difficult eventually

[versed stirrup]

Depends on the kind of proof

Some are just algebraic manipulation

Others are not

[junior patrol]

Word

[eternal solar]

if you find it easy then enjoy it while it lasts

[junior patrol]

I’m done after survey calc 1

[unborn sand]

I mean then you're probably just good or above average at math ig

[versed stirrup]

In the US at least, college algebra is not really college algebra

It's high school algebra

Abstract algebra is college algebra

[lucid scarab]

Written exam in Algebra 1

1. Let $G= \mathbb {R}\setminus {- 1}$ and let the operation '' on G be defined by $xy = x + y + xy$
   a) Prove that ( G ,*) is a commutative group.
   b) Which elements of G are inverse to themselves?
   c) Solve the equation $x * 2 * x = 11$ by x.
2. Determine the last two digits of the number $2023^{2022^2021}$
3. Determine the invariant divisors for all Abelian groups of order 144 and find the highest order of the element in each of these groups.
4. Let $\alpha = \sqrt(5) - \sqrt(2)$
   a) Show that $\alpha$ is algebraic over Q.
   b) Find the minimal polynomial for $\alpha$ over Q.
   c) Determine $\frac{\alpha + 1}{\alpha ^ 2 + \alpha + 1}$ in the form $p(\alpha)$ for some polynomial $p(X) \in \mathbb{Q}[X]$

This is what my algebra 1 exams look like

[sullen yoke]

danilojonic

[junior patrol]

Idek wtf this means

[lucid scarab]

thats badass side of algebra. I hope you never experience it

[junior patrol]

I probably won’t