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author: myka yamasaki

myka yamasaki
myka will be attending occidental college (located in los angeles) in the fall and is very excited! she is looking forward to reflecting on her high school experience to help others do their best on the sat/act and in college admissions. she loves cats, food, and friends.

  • ap calculus: the difference between a graph and a function?

    did you know that a graph of a function f is not the same as the function itself? it might seem like there is clearly a difference, but sometimes it’s hard to articulate into words. we have spoken about the definition of a function. simply put, it’s a rule that transforms one real number into…

  • 5 sat math tricks every student should know

    math can be tricky. here’s your chance to turn the tables and apply these easy-to-apply tricks that will let you rule math as opposed to let math rule you.

  • ap calculus: computing the antiderivatives of functions and polynomials

    warm-up: keeping with the theme of volume of solids of revolution, try this multiple choice question, which should need only understanding of the geometric meaning of the definite integral as a measurement of volume. question: a solid is generated by revolving the region enclosed by the function , and the lines x =2, x =3, y…