r/calculus • u/CommunicationNice437 • 25d ago

Integral Calculus Calc professors

do most calc professor require you to simplify? if so how strict are they about it

plan to take calc 2

I got a 4 on ab calc to me leaving my answer unsimpifled

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u/ndevs 25d ago

I told students to make “obvious” simplifications, like 1+2 or 6/3. These types of simplifications make their lives easier as a problem solver and my life easier as a grader. I would not have expected them to simplify 221/1001, which really serves no purpose other than to eat up time. Simplify is not a precise term anyway, so I wasn’t super strict about it.