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for those of you who have taken the test recently, how much straight up trig stuff was there. im talking sin^2 x + cos^2 x/ blah blah blah....i never took trig or pre-calc so i am not doing so hot on those trig questions...thanks

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When I took the test I told myself before the test that I was going to skip all the trig stuff and just take my chances with my score. Well I got a 15 on the math and I do recall skipping about 5 questions or so. This time around I decided to figure trig out. I used to know it but it's been a while. I was able to figure out a big thing that I know will help me on the real thing. It's that trig circle with all the angles and radians and sin and cos all hooked in one. Once I figured it out, it really wasn't bad at all, I now welcome any question on trig, in fact I hope to see something on it. It's easy points, unlike story problems. If you want me to give you some help PM me and maybe I can explain it to you or email you what I have. What I'm going to do is use the break time to draw the circle and all of its components and refer to it for any and all trig questions. Other than that all you have to do is memorize the 5 or 6 trig identities and you're golden. So to answer you question, yes, there are trig questions.
 
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Hey I was going to TA trigonometry at my school...I guess its simple or just makes sense to me. PM me with a specific question if you want, I don't think the DAT has too much on there, but it be worth it to learn it just in case 🙂
 
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kew said:
When I took the test I told myself before the test that I was going to skip all the trig stuff and just take my chances with my score. Well I got a 15 on the math and I do recall skipping about 5 questions or so. This time around I decided to figure trig out. I used to know it but it's been a while. I was able to figure out a big thing that I know will help me on the real thing. It's that trig circle with all the angles and radians and sin and cos all hooked in one. Once I figured it out, it really wasn't bad at all, I now welcome any question on trig, in fact I hope to see something on it. It's easy points, unlike story problems. If you want me to give you some help PM me and maybe I can explain it to you or email you what I have. What I'm going to do is use the break time to draw the circle and all of its components and refer to it for any and all trig questions. Other than that all you have to do is memorize the 5 or 6 trig identities and you're golden. So to answer you question, yes, there are trig questions.
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Get a quick review book on trig like "trig for dummies" or something like that. Those books are cheap and definitely worth 5 questions. Remember, you don't have to do much calculations on the test. It's basic quick stuff if you know the standard planes and angles and functions. Lots of luck to you.
 
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