Top 10 Reasons for Studying Calculus

  1. Because everyone else is doing it.
  1. Because your parents took calculus.
  1. Because your big brother took it.
  1. Because you have to take calculus for your major.
  1. Because it's hard, and you will impress the heck out of your friends at Christmas time when you tell them you took it.
  1. Because it's the foundation of most of the other mathematics courses you want to take.
  1. Because mathematicians make a lot of money, and every mathematician has to study calculus.
  1. Because it's interesting and fun.
  1. Because it's at the heart of many applications (in science, business, economics, ...).
  1. Because it makes you a better problem solver.
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