Getting to Know Me: Griffin Harris

Getting to Know me....

1.  Griffin Harris

2.  Griffin

3.  73 inches

4.  19

5.  Anywhere from 10-11 am

6.  Jolly Ranchers

7.  Bagel Bites

8.  They're not together anymore, but Swedish House Mafia

9.  I play on the club ice hockey team

10.  Basic math, algebra 1, algebra 2, probability, trigonometry, high school precalc

11.  C

12.  C

13.  Curve sketching (U)

       Instantaneous rate of change (C)

        Derivatives (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic functions) (E)

        Difference quotient (E)

        Limits (E)

        Continuity (C)

        Chain rule (an application of composition of functions) (C/U)

        Product and quotient rules for derivatives (U)

        Finding local and global maximums and minimums (C)

        Determining inflection points (U)

        Area under a curve (U)

        Anti-derivatives (E)

        Integration (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic functions) (C)

        Integration by parts (C)

        Integration by substitution (C)

14.  Equations (V)

Factoring (C)

Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions (V)

Simplifying expressions (C)

Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials) (C)

Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions (C)

Operations involving whole number exponent expressions (C)

Finding common denominators (C)

Inequalities (U)

Functions (C/U)

Absolute value (C)

Linear functions (U)

Systems of equations (C)

Domain and range (C/U)

Inverse functions (C/U)

Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc) (C)

Quadratic functions (C)

Completing the square (U)

Exponential functions (C)

Logarithmic functions (U)

Base e (U)

Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions) (U)

Trigonometric concepts (C)

15.  I have taken AU's Math-160.  No I did not get a b or higher

16.  N/A

17.  N/A

18.  N/A

19.  I am familiar with texting/facebook, instagram, google plus, snapchat, and yik yak 

20.  top 3:  Texting/facebook, snapchat, Instagram

21.  Business Administration

22.  Requirement for major

23.  Unknown.  Most likely will have to take other math classes in the future.  I anticipate I will have to take statistics, and other business math courses

24.  I hope to have a better understanding of calculus and how it is applied to the business world, as well as gain a firmer grasp on pre-calculus

25.  I am a hard worker, but I can sometime get a little discouraged or down, if there are a string a bad homework or test grades for example.  When that happens, it sometimes takes me a while to recover, and sometimes it is too late to make it up.  I am going to try an avoid that, so I can succeed in the class.