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Trigonometry - Umitencho - 10-20-2011
I need to clep Trigonometry but I don't see a test for it, do I take the Pre-calc clep instead in order to clep Trig?
Trigonometry - Giancarlo - 10-21-2011
The whole of physics and mathâs is based on trigo.
It can be used to measure height of a tower.
It is used in mechanics to understand motion of particles.
And much more.
Trigonometry - alleycat - 10-21-2011
Does it need to be the Clep exam? If not what about Aleks Trig. I did Aleks Trig last summer.
Trigonometry - Umitencho - 11-07-2011
alleycat Wrote:Does it need to be the Clep exam? If not what about Aleks Trig. I did Aleks Trig last summer.
Aleks Trig? We don't do that I think at my school. I saw some trig questions in the pre-calc pretest thingy. So I do take the pre-calc clep exam?
Here is the list.
http://www.fscj.edu/mydegree/assessment-certification/index.php
Trigonometry - bricabrac - 11-07-2011
Umitencho Wrote:Aleks Trig? We don't do that I think at my school. I saw some trig questions in the pre-calc pretest thingy. So I do take the pre-calc clep exam?
Umitencho, I think this is a question for your advisor or registrars office. From the test equivalency table it looks like your school lists two different codes for trig and precalc. It may be doable but you will more than likely need permission.
Precalculus is advanced algebra and trigonometry. So it would make sense that you could substitute trigonometry requirement with precalc but of course it's up to your school.
Trigonometry - dcan - 11-08-2011
Giancarlo Wrote:The whole of physics and mathâs is based on trigo.
It can be used to measure height of a tower.
It is used in mechanics to understand motion of particles.
And much more.
This is true if you are doing what most people consider "math". However, trig is actually a very, very tiny part of "math" as it really exists. I thought I would suck at math because I hated trig, but it turns out I love analysis (so far anyway), which opens the door to much of higher math. Once I understood trig was not the be-all-end-all of math, I really opened up to it.
Trigonometry - alleycat - 11-08-2011
dcan Wrote:This is true if you are doing what most people consider "math". However, trig is actually a very, very tiny part of "math" as it really exists. I thought I would suck at math because I hated trig, but it turns out I love analysis (so far anyway), which opens the door to much of higher math. Once I understood trig was not the be-all-end-all of math, I really opened up to it.
Dcan I felt the same way. I did Trig because I wanted to learn it. I did not need it for school or anything like that. I met this wonderful guy in a class of mine and he was a major math head. He was is not American. So we had been talking about math and how he tutors other students with great success. So I engaged him to help me learn Trig. I did the Aleks course in less then a month. But learning it really did help open up door to higher math learning for myself. I had Trig fear at one point but not anylonger. But I had a great teacher.
Trigonometry - dcan - 11-10-2011
alleycat Wrote:Dcan I felt the same way. I did Trig because I wanted to learn it. I did not need it for school or anything like that. I met this wonderful guy in a class of mine and he was a major math head. He was is not American. So we had been talking about math and how he tutors other students with great success. So I engaged him to help me learn Trig. I did the Aleks course in less then a month. But learning it really did help open up door to higher math learning for myself. I had Trig fear at one point but not anylonger. But I had a great teacher.
That's actually great. It's good to overcome obstacles. I am also glad I learned (and re-learned) trig for the same reason, but I also found I don't have any real use for it in my life.
What I meant is that trig is a very small part of the rest of math. Take a look at the list of math topics. Then realize each link you see is a link to another list.
Most of that does not use (or uses very little) trig.
Trigonometry - alleycat - 11-11-2011
dcan Wrote:That's actually great. It's good to overcome obstacles. I am also glad I learned (and re-learned) trig for the same reason, but I also found I don't have any real use for it in my life.
What I meant is that trig is a very small part of the rest of math. Take a look at the list of math topics. Then realize each link you see is a link to another list.
Most of that does not use (or uses very little) trig.
Dcan I am glad there is someone else out there is sort of like me. It really is uplifting to be able to conquer something. Even if it is only a math equations. I also agree it is only a very small part of math and it is not really used all that much.