Rebecca Hernandez post 1

1. what is your full name? Rebecca Elizabeth Hernandez
2. Do you have a nickname that you prefer to go by? no, just Rebecca
3. What is your height in inches? 66"
4. What is your age in years? 19
5. what time do you generally wake up on a given day? 10 am
6. what is your favorite candy? twizzlers
7. what is your favorite snack food? popcorn
8. who is your favorite musical artist/band? Prince Royce
9. Do you have any hobbies/things you like to do for fun? Dancing
10. What is your mathematical background? All of the options except for Calculus
11. what is your comfort level with any of the following calculus concepts?
        Curve Sketching - U
        Instantaneous rate of change - U
        Derivatives (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic functions) - U
        Difference quotient - U
        Limits - U
        Continuity - U
        Chain of rule - U
        product and quotient rules for derivatives - U
        Finding local and global maximums and minimums - U
        Determining inflection points - U
        Area under a curve - U
        Anti-derivatives - U
        Integration - U
        Integration by parts - U
        Integration by substitution - U
12.   Equations - C

        Factoring - C

       Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions - C

       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 - C

       Functions - C

      Absolute value - C

      Linear functions - C

      Systems of equations - C

      Domain and range - C

      Inverse functions - C

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

      Quadratic functions - C

      Completing the square - C

      Exponential functions - C

      Logarithmic functions - C

     Base e - C

     Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions) - C

     Trigonometric concepts - C

13. Have you taken American University's math 160? If yes, was your grade a "b" or better? Yes and my grade was higher than a B

14. I have already taken math 160

15. Familiar with texting, facebook, pinterest, flickr, blogspot, tumblr, twitter, googleplus, and intstagram

16. I use texting, facebook, twitter, instagram, and pinterest most frequently

17. My intended major is accounting with a minor in International Business

18. Major requirement

19. i will only be taking basic statistics

20. I hope to gain a better understanding of math

21. I am really happy to have you again!