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GENERAL MATHEMATICS

 APPLICATION OF EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS

In this lesson I’ve learned how any quantity of a thing,
animal, and temperature can grow or decay in a fixed interval
or time. It possesses exponential growth or decay. I find this
lesson easy for it has a formula. This lesson is actually basic
and easy and does not require extraneous solutions.

 APPLICATION OF LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS

Logarithm is used in solving for problems involving the
time interval of the exponential growth and decay. I also find
this lesson pretty easy because if you already know logarithm
and the formula for exponential growth and decay, you can
solve and answer the problems for exponential growth and
decay. We’ve studies logarithm in our junior high school so
this lesson is pretty easy because we somewhat know how to
do logarithm.

 SIMPLE INTEREST AND MATURITY VALUE

Simple interest and maturity value actually helped in
understanding why people deposit and leave their money at
banks for a period of time. Their money actually gains interest
in banks which is pretty amazing and if I ever want to deposit
my money, I will know how to compute the maturity value of
my money. I will also know which offer will benefit me most.
This lesson is easy to understand especially when you know
the formulas and terminologies and notations used in simple
 interest. I enjoyed this lesson because I thought that this was
easy to understand and to follow. I also did a lot of
participation in this lesson.

 COMPOUND INTEREST
Compound interest is another application of exponential
growth. Compound interest will allow my interest earn an
interest which is pretty swag. It’s much better than simple
interest because in compound interest, as I said, my interest
earns interest. Compound interest has formulas, terms and
notations. The main thing to do in order to answer problems
involving compound interest is to know the formula and
notations as well as the terms used in a word problem. It is
also used on banks so it’s essential to life. In this lesson, I
understood it very well and that’s why I actively participate in
the discussion about compound interest. Once you get the
hang of it, it gets easy.

 BASIC ANNUITY
Basic annuity has a lot of concepts and can be classified
in different ways. Annuity is a sequence of payments that you
made at fixed intervals or period of time to get a maturity
value in a given time. Now classifications of annuity can be a
little confusing if you don’t know their descriptions. It is
important to know which type of annuity you’re going to solve
because different annuities have different formulas. My
thoughts is learn to differentiate and know the diff types of
annuity for you to be able to learn faster and understand the
lesson. In this lesson, I thought about depositing money in a
bank for my future so that my money will get interest as I
deposit money for a period of time.

 STOCKS
 Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company. In
stocks, there are computations for the dividend, dividend per
share, par value and stock yield ratio. In stocks you get a part
in the money that the company gets. Buying stocks is a pretty
good idea if you want to earn money by investing but if you’re
not a major shareholder, you might not get your share in the
company or you might not be prioritized. So, my reflection on
this is that stocks can be risky because your money or
investment and par value depends on the company’s luck if
you’re not a fixed holder. Also, you can compute your dividend
per share, par value because it has formulas.

 BONDS
Bonds are interest bearing security which promises to
pay. Bondholders are usually lenders of money to a
corporation or cooperation. If you want to be a bondholder,
you need to be a lender of money to corporations.
Bondholders are prioritized that’s why they are usually the one
who is being payed in a fixed time interval. Stocks and bonds
aren’t that discussed deep enough only introduction and a
little problem solving is done in the lesson’s stocks and bonds.
In this lesson I’ve learned about that stocks and bonds are
different. Stocks are like investments in a company and bonds
are like the loans of a company.

 ORDINARY ANNUITY
Ordinary annuity is a sequence of equal periodic
payments at the end of each period. In our lesson ordinary
annuity, the lesson is easy with the help of scientific calculator
and the formulas. The lesson isn’t hard if you follow the
formula and know the value of the notations and terms.
 GENERAL ANNUITY
The lesson in general annuity is pretty much the same as
the ordinary annuity. The only difference is the formulas and
the problems. The general annuity has formulas and is easy
with the help of sci-cal the only thing I do not get is j which is
the nominal rate.
 TAUTOLOGY AND PROPOSITIONS
The lesson about propositions and tautology is pretty
simple. Just analyze the statements and determine whether
the statement is a proposition or It is not a proposition when
the statement asks questions, commands and etc. In
tautology, in order to prove that a compound proposition is a
tautology, the truth values must be all true. To find the truth
values, we must first create a truth table for the statement or
proposition. The lesson in tautology and proposition is quite
easy especially if you correctly do the truth table and the
forms of proposition.

 FALLACIES
A fallacy is an error in logic or reasoning. The lesson
about fallacies is pretty easy because you can identify the type
of fallacy based on the description that is stated and written
in our notebook. Each fallacy can be easily identified because
of its characteristics and the form of the statement. In this
lesson we learned about recognizing and knowing the
different types of fallacy in a statement of argument.
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Pre-calculus

 Angles and Circles

In this lesson, I’ve known the basics of trigonometry the
angles and circles. In this lesson I enjoyed reciting and
participating in the lesson. I’ve learned that an angle is the
figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle,
sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle.
While we recalled the equation for a circle and used it as an
example. I also learned the equation for the arc of the circle
and how to get the measure of the angle with that equation.
To summarize, I’ve learned many things and I remembered
the lessons from the past and use it as an instrument for a
better understanding. I also enjoyed the lesson and I was am
actively participating in the lesson

 Introduction to the Circular Functions

In this lesson, I’ve learned the different perspective of
different people in trigonometry, we learned the sine, cosine,
tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions. This
lesson is an introduction though it was already taught and
introduced by Sir Landagan. That was the start of solving
equations regarding the trigonometric functions, also known
as the circular functions. We also learned the technique
SUCRITA, it states the sign of the trigonometric function of
the angle whether it is in the first, second, third, or fourth
quadrant in the Cartesian plane. I also learned about the
hexagon of trigonometric functions. I enjoyed the topic
because that is easy and we learned about the shortcut that
we have to use in solving the trigonometric functions of
 special angles (30, 45, 60). I’ve learned that the trigonometric
functions are real functions which relate an angle of a right-
angled triangle to ratios of two side lengths.

 Graphs of Circular Functions

The lesson has something to do with the first lesson
because it is connected. In the previous lesson I’ve learned
how to solve different trigonometric functions while in this
lesson I’ve learned the different properties that are needed
to be consider in graphing a circular function. Sine, cosine,
tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions have
different kind of graph and can be determined by its
properties such as crest, wavelength, etc. In this lesson, I’ve
learned how to graph different trigonometric (circular)
functions.

 Introduction to Trigonometric Identities

In this lesson, I recalled the lesson we tackled in our
junior high school, the different trigonometric identities, the
‘Pythagorean Identities”, the sum and difference identities
and derive it to other forms of trigonometric identities. The
lesson is a bit harder than the previous lessons because and
you have to understand first the concept of trigonometric
functions. Trigonometric Identities are equations that are
true for Right Angled Triangles. I also learned in this lesson
the derivation of trigonometric identities to prove different
problems. I also learned the importance of memorizing or
understanding the trigonometric identities. Though I did not
really get it fully at first, I eventually start on getting it right
with the help of some of my classmates.

 Sum, Difference, and Cofunction identities

I’ve learned how we derive different identities to arrive
at this kind of identities. In this lesson, I’ve learned the basis
 of trigonometric identities and derive it to form other
identities. I was happy because I also have known this lesson
before and that is easy for me to recap the whole thing. The
lesson was a bit easy because I already know about the
concept of the topic and I enjoyed the whole lesson.

 Double Measure and Half Measure Identities

In this lesson. I’ve learned the different properties of
Double and Half Angle identities, this lesson is connected to
the previous lessons because double and half angle identity
can be derived from the previous identities. Special cases of
the sum and difference formulas for sine and cosine yields
what is known as the double‐angle identities and the half‐
angle identities. Double-Angle and Half-Angle formulas are
very useful. For example, rational functions of sine and
cosine will be very hard to integrate without these formulas. I
enjoyed the class and the discussion very much.

 Sum-to-Product and Product-to-Sum Identities

I’ve learned how they derived the equation to form
sum-to-product identities. The first identity takes two
different angles, A and B, and adds their sines together. The
result: twice the product of the sine and cosine of two new
angles that are created by halving the sum and difference of
the angles. Use the product-to-sum formula to write the
product as a sum: sin(x + y)cos(x − y). Similarly we could
express the product of cosines in terms of sine or derive
other product-to-sum formulas. In this lesson. I have learned
two important identities derived from the previous lessons.

 Proving Identities and other Applications

I have learned how to prove such identities using what
I’ve learned in the previous lessons. We also tackled about
the different applications of trigonometric identities in
 different aspects. I actively participated in this lesson and I’ve
learned many things and enjoyed the whole lesson. To
summarize, I have learned many things in a good and fun
way. In this lesson, the discussion went well and the flow of
the lesson is very fast but we can cope up.

 Inverse Circular Functions

an inverse function (or anti-function[1]) is a function
that "reverses" another function: if the function f applied to
an input x gives a result of y, then applying its inverse
function g to y gives the result x, and vice versa, i.e., f(x) = y if
and only if g(y) = x. In this lesson, I have learned the inverse
of the trigonometric functions and how to fine the equivalent
value for them. In this lesson we have learned how to find
the inverse function of an angle.

 Trigonometric Equations and Applications

We haven’t focused in this lesson because it’s just
included in the intervention in Pre- Calculus. In solving a
trigonometric identity, we have to consider many properties,
such as all the trigonometric identities and trigonometric
functions. We have to know the previous lessons. In this
lesson, I’ve learned how to solve a trigonometric equation
and what is the significance of trigonometric equations.

 Polar Coordinates
This is the last lesson we’ve tackled in the 2nd Quarter,
1st Semester of the school year 2019-2020. I learned lot
things in this topic. The polar coordinate system is a two-
dimensional coordinate system in which each point on a
plane is determined by a distance from a reference point and
an angle from a reference direction. This lesson is the last
lesson for the 1st semester.
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