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Title: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: qwertyqwerty on March 09, 2016, 09:00:18 pm

I'm currently doing geometry and circle geometry and finding it to be quite difficult. I was wondering if this topic is needed for units 3/4?

Title: Re: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: Syndicate on March 09, 2016, 09:23:50 pm

Quote from: qwertyqwerty on March 09, 2016, 09:00:18 pm

I'm currently doing geometry and circle geometry and finding it to be quite difficult. I was wondering if this topic is needed for units 3/4?

- kinematics
- complex numbers
- vectors
- circular functions
- graphing (ellipse. hyperbolas etc...)


there is quite a bit of calculus involved in Specialist too

Title: Re: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: qwertyqwerty on March 09, 2016, 09:26:08 pm

Quote from: Syndicate on March 09, 2016, 09:23:50 pm

- kinematics
- complex numbers
- vectors
- circular functions
- graphing (ellipse. hyperbolas etc...)


there is quite a bit of calculus involved in Specialist too

So, I'm assuming geometry is not needed?

Title: Re: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: Syndicate on March 09, 2016, 09:32:30 pm

Quote from: qwertyqwerty on March 09, 2016, 09:26:08 pm

So, I'm assuming geometry is not needed?

it is required for graphing ellipse and hyperbolas (I am not sure, however, there can be SACs on Mensuration).

Title: Re: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: keltingmeith on March 09, 2016, 09:35:14 pm

Quote from: qwertyqwerty on March 09, 2016, 09:26:08 pm

So, I'm assuming geometry is not needed?

Circle theorems are assumed knowledge, the sine and cosine rule are also really useful, but otherwise you're good.

Title: Re: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: Gogo14 on March 26, 2016, 12:05:05 pm

So in spesh 3/4, do you cover new topics or revise topics taught in 1/2 in more depth?

Title: Re: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: MightyBeh on March 26, 2016, 02:50:29 pm

Quote from: Gogo14 on March 26, 2016, 12:05:05 pm

So in spesh 3/4, do you cover new topics or revise topics taught in 1/2 in more depth?

a little of both. Mostly new stuff, but you'll learn a few things in more depth (like vectors and complex numbers).

Title: Re: What topics from Specialist 1/2 are applicable to 3/4?
Post by: YellowTongue on March 27, 2016, 07:45:59 am

Quote from: Gogo14 on March 26, 2016, 12:05:05 pm

So in spesh 3/4, do you cover new topics or revise topics taught in 1/2 in more depth?

From what I've done so far, you learn new:

• Trigonometry (using compund and double angle formulas, reciprocal functions and inverse functions)
• Vectors (ijk vectors, dot-product, paramteric equations)
• Calculus (I haven't covered this in much detail yet, but you learn new rules for integration and differentiation. Also, you learn differential equations)
• Complex Numbers (These aren't too bad)
• Statistics (WARNING: This is nothing like further maths, but it isn't too bad  8) )

Of course, there will be a lot more than this  :D