Pre-AP Pre-Cal 1st Semester Exam Items You Need To Know *graph trigonometric functions and find domain and range, zeros, max and min *work with piecewise functions and their graph *work harmonic motion word problems *know the Unit Circle and use it to solve various types of problems, *prove statements involving trig identities (formula sheet will be provided) *solve trig equations *solve problems with polar coordinates (convert coordinates) * graph polar equations *solve problems with complex numbers (graph, find modulus & polar form) *find components of vectors, be able to add/subtract/scalar multiply vectors dot product & angle between 2 vectors *solve word problems involving vectors *sketch parametric equations & solve word problems involving parametric equations *perform operations involving matrices and systems of equations *solve systems of equations using various methods, including matrix equations *know how to find partial fractions *find inverse & determinant of matrix *know how to sketch a histogram/box plot and describe data, sketch and use a normal curve, find the expected value of a discrete random variable from a probability distribution table (z-table will be provided) Pre-AP Pre-Cal 1st Semester Exam Items You Need To Know *graph trigonometric functions and find domain and range, zeros, max and min *work with piecewise functions and their graph *work harmonic motion word problems *know the Unit Circle and use it to solve various types of problems, *prove statements involving trig identities (formula sheet will be provided) *solve trig equations *solve problems with polar coordinates (convert coordinates) * graph polar equations *solve problems with complex numbers (graph, find modulus & polar form) *find components of vectors, be able to add/subtract/scalar multiply vectors dot product & angle between 2 vectors *solve word problems involving vectors *sketch parametric equations & solve word problems involving parametric equations *perform operations involving matrices and systems of equations *solve systems of equations using various methods, including matrix equations *find inverse & determinant of matrix *know how to sketch a histogram/box plot and describe data, sketch and use a normal curve, find the expected value of a discrete random variable from a probability distribution table (z-table will be provided)