B.O.B.-Muddiest Point

The Trigonometric Identities Unit was a very tough unit for me! This was probably one of the hardest units in all of my math classes throughout school. Recognizing the identities and substituting was not hard at all but solving and where to go once you get stuck were both huge problems for me. The first problems we did with simplifying trigonometric identities went well and was a breeze once I understood how to recognize the identities and to substitute them in. Once the problems became harder and more complicated, I came to a screeching halt. I was confused on what to do to get started but usually after I was heading in the right direction I could figure out where to go from there. But when I got stuck, I was stuck! I looked at the answer key to find out where to go or I got help from Mr. Jackson or a classmate around me. The double angles, sum/difference identities, product to sums identities, and the half angle identities were all the easiest part of this unit for me. I understood what to do and I felt the algebra was fairly easy. I felt confident about those parts of the test but I'm not so sure about the verifying part of the test.