Help Justify Advanced Placement

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

If he can solve this for x:

(2x/16)+2.5y = 14y^2 + 1/2z - .8x

If he can calculate the slope of a line that starts at coordinate (3,12) and ends at (16, 3).

If he can calculate the area under that line.

If he can understand why dividing a measured 3.0 grams into four even samples results in four samples weighing 0.8 grams each and not 0.75 grams.

If he understands the math for calculating standard deviation (and, better yet, understands why it is important and what it means).

If he can drum the number 6.02x10^23 into his head and understand what it means.

Then he probably has enough grasp of the math of early chemistry to keep up.

We never had to calculate standard deviation in chem...

But yeah...if he is going into, for instance, Algebra C next year, Chemistry is not for him. If he has at least completed Geometry he should be fine, though. The math itself isn't hard...the process by which you set up each equation and are able to translate what you see on paper into math can be, though.