Taking 16A without ever taking Trig. Any websites to help me self-learn Trig?

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<p>I'm going to be taking 16A in the fall, but I've never taken Trig. Does anyone know of a website that lists essential Trig concepts for Calculus?</p>

<p>I was going to use Khan Academy, as well as other resources if and when I find them, to help me teach myself trig, but I don't want to teach myself the whole subject, just the concepts essential for Calculus.</p>

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<p>I feel I could explain everything in calculus well to anyone who has a mastery of these basic trigonometric concepts </p>

<p>[Proofs</a> of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_of_trigonometric_identities]Proofs”>Proofs of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia)
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<p>^ Agreed. That is all you need.</p>

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<p>You’ll be fine. I believe you don’t touch trig until Math 16B. When I took it, the professor made it big deal as we were going to learn the unit circle (:o).</p>

<p>I know you’ll get it as you go, so don’t stress out :)! It should be the least of your worries!</p>

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<p>Patrickjmt.com got me through integral calculus. I havent seen his trig videos but he is a good teacher. Learn the trig functions and how to graph them. Also learn pathagorean, double and half angle identities. Learning the unit circle will help also.</p>

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<p>I have no experience with 16A or 16B, but I would assume that if 16A does not require much trig, then 16B would require more trig, since trig is used with moderate frequency in calculus.</p>

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<p>to the OP:</p>

<p>what are you going to major in?</p>

<p>I’m guessing not an engineering or a math major right</p>

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<p>Thanks for the answers everyone! This thread proved SUPER helpful. </p>

<p>And dragoon998 - I actually just graduated with a major in Psychology, I’m just sticking around an extra semester to take some pre-med classes (since you’re eligible for one final semester of financial aid if you need one to finish up). This is the only place I can take calculus without having them check to see if I completed the pre-reqs, which would mean semesters and semesters of math. </p>

<p>So short answer, no, not an engineering or math major.</p>

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<p>Honestly, if you know what sin/cos/tan and the inverse ones are you’ll be fine. Stick anything you don’t know in your cheat sheet (which you should be allowed to make?)</p>