I sadly did not get through or even start the Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vector-Valued Functions unit test this week, BUT I did have a ‘Eureka!’ 💡moment understanding a concept within polar coords that I was very stuck on which completely made up for not finishing the unit! I’m a bit bummed that I didn’t reach… Read More Week 165 – A Eureka Moment with Polar Coordinates: Progress Beyond the Deadline

I had a pretty rough week this week. 😔 I only got through 3 videos on KA and didn’t get through a single exercise. On the plus side, I did get a much stronger grasp on how to interpret r when using polar coordinates and a stronger intuitive understanding that r can be thought of as the hypotenuse of a right… Read More Week 164 – A Rough Week, a Tough Question, and a Lesson in Polar Coordinates

It felt like I was having not a very productive week as I was working through KA this week but in hindsight I actually got quite a bit done. I spent the first few days reviewing trig identities – specifically the angle addition identities – which is what made me feel like I wasn’t making… Read More Week 163 – Trig Identities, Polar Coordinates, and the Search for Understanding

I got my butt kicked on KA this week. My goal was to get through 3 videos and 5 exercises and I barely managed to get through 2 exercises. Both exercises had to do with polar coordinates which I have a very weak understanding of. They both also used what’s called ‘polar curves’ which I… Read More Week 162 – Polar Coordinates: Lost in a Fog of Curves

This week on KA I made it through 6 videos and 3 exercises from two sections of the unit Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vector-Valued Functions. I was pretty busy at my work this week which played a part in me falling short of the ≥9 hours of studying KA I’ve been trying to get done each… Read More Week 161 – Planar Motion: When Parametric Equations Start to Make Sense