Precalc Syllabus

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hey... I am self-studying Precalc and will be giving my placement exam next week so as to skip precalc. I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me if the following topics were taught and if they come on the exam:</p>

<p>1) Polar Coordinates
2) Parametric equations
3) Sequences, series, Induction, Binomial theorm
4) Systems of Equations and Inequalities
5) Probability ( permutations, combinations,etc )
6) Product-to-sum, sum-to-product and Half Angle Formulas in trig.
7) Conics ( Parabolas, Hyperbolas, Ellipses )
8) Polar Equations of Conics
9) Vectors ( Dot product, Cross Product, etc ) </p>

<p>Thanks much.</p>

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<p>bump.............</p>

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<p>I took Pre-Calc last year, and we studied them all in depth except for permutations. Probability is more of a statistics topic. For pre-Calc you just need to know some basic approaches such as the Punnett Square you learned about in Biology. </p>

<p>I don't know how good you are at math, but having a comptent understanding of a year's worth of PC material seems like a pretty tall task.</p>

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<p>You did the Polar Coordinates and Parametric equations though eh? damn... need to go through that then. </p>

<p>How about : 6) Product-to-sum, sum-to-product and Half Angle Formulas in trig. ? </p>

<p>My tutor told me that those arent used anymore and that its not usually given in precalc exams. Can you confirm this?</p>

<p>Thanks much.</p>

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<p>I did all of those except for:</p>

<p>-Product-to-sum and sum-to-product? We did tons of other identities though (including half angle identities).</p>

<p>-Polar equations of conics.</p>

<p>Conics were really stressed in Algebra II, so we just touched on them in Precalc.</p>

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<p>My class didn't do parametric equations.</p>

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<p>I see... Thanks much guys... Can anyone else give their opinion?</p>

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<p>Product-to-sum, sum-to-product and Half Angle Formulas were the bane of my existence last year. We had a test which was 50% proofs (either those, or pythagoran, or others), that I got a 78 on.</p>

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<p>I took PreCalc last year, and we touched down on all of those.</p>

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<p>We didn't do:</p>

<p>1) Polar Coordinates
2) Parametric equations
8) Polar Equations of Conics</p>

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<p>A lot of that will be reviewed in Calculus (either single, or multivariable). A basic understanding is necessary though.</p>

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<p>I either don't recognize the names of some of these or we didn't do them <em>shrugs</em></p>

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<p>2,3,4,9 were in my precalc class...the rest we covered in the class before precalc</p>