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    Do I hear someone insulting trig?

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    Eh, Calculus is overrated. My calculus classes were the last math classes I ever took and will ever need to take.
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    Is it derivatives and integrations of trig functions hooah?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Psychonaut View Post
    Is it derivatives and integrations of trig functions hooah?
    yup, that and verifications.
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    What exactly are you finding hard about it/don't get?
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    truth be told, at first it seems easy, but when you start getting really long, complicated problems that take easily 10 minutes to do or more, you get REALLY frustrated.

    i had a 10-problem test today i had to take in 40 minutes, all the problems were long and complicated.

    do the math.
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    My advice would be, if you know the basics, figure out the required steps for each problem before you do each. Also don't feel overwhelmed, if you know the basic proofs then just be calm, figure out a plan of action and go.

    Maybe you should practice longer more complicated problems and time yourself, or do them against a time limit so as to be able to do them faster. When studying you really should do some questions under exam conditions.
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    well theres no point now, the test is over and were moving on.
    and its very hard to stay calm when you have a test to finish in 40 minutes.

    argh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hooahguy View Post
    i had a 10-problem test today i had to take in 40 minutes, all the problems were long and complicated.

    do the math.
    not saying its easy, but thats like for minutes a problem. which, from how you are describing trigonometry, sounds fairly reasonable.


    oooh! wait... you mean you were allowed 40 minutes to take the test itself? because in that case,....yeah, that sucks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
    Calculus is easy. Monkeys could do it.
    Monkey> Beefy= true

    I should study maths again.


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    Trig was the one thing in my math classes that never clicked for me. Algebra, no sweat. Geometry was a blast. Calculus was refreshing. Trigonometry was foreign and weird and depressing. Fortunately, I've really never had to do anything with it since high school. (and if I don't go into acoustics, I can probably keep it that way)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajaxfetish View Post
    Trig was the one thing in my math classes that never clicked for me. Algebra, no sweat. Geometry was a blast. Calculus was refreshing. Trigonometry was foreign and weird and depressing. Fortunately, I've really never had to do anything with it since high school. (and if I don't go into acoustics, I can probably keep it that way)

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    High school in America must be much more demanding, we didn't get any of that.

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