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Title: 1/2 topics relevant to 3/4?
Post by: MoonChild1234 on July 15, 2020, 10:03:14 pm

hi guys!

i was wondering which topics from the 1/2 textbook are assumed knowledge or provide a foundation for the content covered in units 3/4?

which chapters should i mainly focus on to make sure i can enter 3/4 confidently?

thank you!  :D

Title: Re: 1/2 topics relevant to 3/4?
Post by: Sine on July 15, 2020, 10:08:38 pm

Quote from: MoonChild1234 on July 15, 2020, 10:03:14 pm

hi guys!

i was wondering which topics from the 1/2 textbook are assumed knowledge or provide a foundation for the content covered in units 3/4?

which chapters should i mainly focus on to make sure i can enter 3/4 confidently?

thank you!  :D

I wouldn't say "assumed knowledge" since your school may go over it again but I would say:

-Circle Geometry
-Vectors
-Complex Numbers
-Calculus (at least methods 1/2 understanding developing to methods 3/4 understanding over the year)
-basic kinematics/mechanics

Title: Re: 1/2 topics relevant to 3/4?
Post by: S_R_K on July 16, 2020, 05:13:55 pm

I would also add to that list:

Conic sections (parabolas, ellipses, hyperbolas)
Parametric equations
Circular functions, including reciprocal circular functions and trigonometric identities (double / compound angle formulae)
Discrete random variables

Title: Re: 1/2 topics relevant to 3/4?
Post by: MoonChild1234 on July 16, 2020, 05:46:20 pm

thanks guys!  ;D