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Neverwinter27 · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 13

I would like to know, as a new student and first Semester for Radiography, what math subjects, or pre-requisites that one would need to know before even trying to tackle the formulas and equations for my 2nd Semester Math course? Thanks to whoever can answer this.

Sidney · Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 53

What does the course description say? What kind of math? The closest we got to actual 'math' is radiographic physics, as well as some general physics stuff thrown in. Maybe you could start reviewing some of that kind of stuff?

Good luck!

Neverwinter27 · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 13

Yeah, the description for the course is very vague, they wouldn't tell me the exact thing. I also emailed my advisors about it, but they never got back to me. Is there an online tutorial to get me started to familiarize myself with Radiographic physics? Like, do you need to know calculus, algebra, and geometry first to understand the formulas? This is all I want to know.

Best regards,

Alan

Neverwinter27 · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 13

Please, if anyone can answer my question, I would fully appreciate it. Thanks

Kevin · Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Central Florida

My program required intermediate algebra or higher. I can tell you that I never encountered anything in the program that I considered hard. Formulas were either simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. There are plenty of formulas to memorize and use, but they're not difficult.

An example is the inverse square law. If you can understand this, you'll have no problem.

Inverse Square Law

If you don't get it, don't worry. Your instructor should walk you through it step by step.
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