With no calculators allowed for MCAT, how am I supposed to calculate trig angles etc...?

[779663]

I'm studying from the latest edition of Kaplan's and I'm at the chapter for light which involves a lot of trig such as inverses of tan, sin etc...

For the physics section in general, how am I supposed to do any kind of trigonometry calculations without a calculator?

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I'm studying from the latest edition of Kaplan's and I'm at the chapter for light which involves a lot of trig such as inverses of tan, sin etc...

For the physics section in general, how am I supposed to do any kind of trigonometry calculations without a calculator?

You will probably be fine anyways...but if you really want to make sure all your bases are covered then Memorize the important figures like sin/cos/tan of 45, 30, 90, 180 and 60...they won't make you do crazy stuff like the sin (6) or anything


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[premedkid1994]

Most questions on mcat are pretty simple concepts and all calculations that will show up are simple too. Don't get too caught up in all that calculation-heavy stuff

 

[Hospitalized]

On my 8th practice test, have had to use anything related to trig 1-2 times per test at most. Always basic stuff like sin90.

 

[musclebro]

Round like crazy. sin(48) = ~ sin(45).
g=10, not 9.8

 

[Necr0sis713]

Just a quick tip: First look at the answer choices, the more "loose" they are the more you can round and take shortcuts. The more "tighter" they are, you're gonna have to be a bit more conservative with your rounding.