Hints and Tips

1). Transformations:

transformation are pretty easy to know. for example, lets say you were given this equation, f(x)=-(x-8)+5. first of all whatever is in the parenthesis determines whether th function shifts to the left or right. if you are adding then it goes to the left if you are subtracting then it shifts to the right. next whatever you are adding or subtracting to the parenthesis determines whether it goes up or down. adding means it goes up, subtracting means it goes down. if there is a negative sign in front of the the parenthesis that determines if the function goes up or down. a negative sign means it goes down, if there isn't any then it goes up.

2). Trigonometry:

when it comes down to the unit circle, i get it. i had to memorize the unit circle for my last math class so its kinda stuck in my head. its easy to remember the radiants, also its easy to determine whether they are negative or positive when you know the quadrants. all i have to know is that pi/6=(root of 3/2, 1/2), pi/4=(root 2/2, root 2/2), pi/3=(1/2, root of 3/2), and pi/2=(0,1). once i get those down everything else is just a mirored image of these radiants.

3). What Confuses Me???

things that still confuse me are sin, cos, tan, cot, csc, and sec. i get mixed up with the equations. also i still dont know their domain and range but i just have to try and memorize them.