Why...is the math in TBR physics so complicated? Is it this hard on the real MCAT?
physics on the mcat is just about doing as many practice problems as possible to get the math down.
It becomes a motor reflex more than anything else --- kind of like 2+2 = 4, you don't think it you just know it.
Agreed. I'm actually surprise at the amount of Physics crap I know. Often I look at an advanced passage, glare over the extensive amount of words in the reading and question stems. However, I end up diving head first into it and answer most questions correctly. I feel that this is what the MCAT is really all about...
You're suppose to know the fundamentals and they test you on more advanced stuff, but the most basic versions of the advanced stuff. This way you'll be able to answer these questions w/ only intro science class knowledge.
This is actually my problem too.
I did not have any problem with BR chem and o-chem so far, but I'm totally lost as I started to work on a chapter 1 of BR physics.
After I read the contents twice and worked on examples, I thought that I was ready for the passages.
However, I got almost all of them wrong after I worked on first 3 passages.
Should I just re-read the contents or just try to memorize and understand exaplanations to answers ?
Why...is the math in TBR physics so complicated? Is it this hard on the real MCAT?
i've always wondered why calculators aren't allowed on the mcat- anyone know?
One problem asks how increasing the mass of a projectile thrown upward will affect the velocity. Well, if it has a larger mass, then presumably it will go upward at a lower velocity. The answer: It has no effect.
Now, another question involves a slingshot set up and asks the same question after mass is increased. The answer: A larger mass will cause the slingshot to hurl the projectile at a lower velocity.
What the hell?