Top 10 Reasons for Studying Calculus

  1. Because everyone's doing it.
  1. Because your parents took calculus.
  1. Because your big brother and big sister 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 the end of the semester when you tell them you took it.
  1. Because you've always heard about it discussed in reverential tones.
  1. Because it's the foundation of most of the other mathematics courses you want to take.
  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 thinker and problem solver.
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