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I'm looking to go to community college with hopes of then continuing to go to college for 2 years to complete a bachelors in engineering.

In the process of learning about my local community college, I learned that the first math course that would contribute to an engineering associates degree is Calculus 1.

Being your typical underachieving too smart for his own good high school kid, I took the bear minimum of classes and their respective difficulties. This to say I only went far enough in math to take Algebra 2.

Now I'm in a position where I don't want to spend a bunch of money on classes that will not benefit me, but of which I still need the knowledge from.

And so I am here with a question.

What would be the best way to learn Trigonometry and/or Pre-Calculus?

>> No.5655223

>>5655220

the best way would be to take classes about them

but if you're smart enough, you can test out of them

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5655225

>Now I'm in a position where I don't want to spend a bunch of money on classes that will not benefit me, but of which I still need the knowledge from.

the fuck?

just go and take the class, community college is mega cheap you need to take the class anyways so how are you wasting money?

>> No.5655229

if you're going into engineering you will want to learn a fair amount of trig anyway (you'll be using that shit a lot so you might as well learn it now). Learn the unit circle and how it relates to the trig functions. Learn some of the basic trig identities. Learn the graphs of the elementary trig functions. All of this will come up in calc 1 in a different sort of way. Mostly it'll be in your physics and engineering classes that this stuff will be assumed.
As for learning it, see what the standard high school trig book is and find a copy for next to free somewhere online.

I don't know what pre-calc is but other than a solid working knowledge of algebra and some trig you don't need anything to go into calculus 1. It's really not as bad as you'd think.

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5655233

>>5655225
>>5655223
Sorry I didn't make this clear. Neither of classses that I am under the impression I will need to be taking (trig,pre-calc) are required.

I was hoping to learn these courses at home and then take all the required classes (calc onwards) at community college.

Hope that makes more sense.

>> No.5655235

>>5655229
Thank you for the information.

>> No.5655267

>>5655233
They're not on your required list of classes because they expect you to know them by now. if you're not retarded you can test out of them.

>> No.5655298

Just take the classes. You'll have to probably spend 3 years at a CC since you have to go through precalc and get up to calc iii before you look good enough to transfer.

It is best to take the classes if you've never actually had a precalc class though, and if its easy for you then it'll be a nice gpa booster which will help you get into whatever school you prefer.

>> No.5655481

khan academy
patrickjmt

your school should have a placement test to test into calculus.