is it just me very dumb for the GRE or is this problem so impossible to understand.
Greg covers two types of problems and throws something that is not even remotely related to what is covered.
I understand we have to use previous concepts but my god the solution doesn’t make sense
Do you agree that to find the area not covered, we should do:
Circle Area - Inside Sq Area
How do we find the area of the square?
Next, how can we find the area of the circle?
Hi Ganesh
it is not the concept gap but that it is not covered in the video.
Please see the equilateral triangle question under inscribed polyogons II where you throw in a solution that is not even related to what is taught.
I agree we have to learn to work through twists in a problem but majority of the geometry is throwing curveballs which makes me wonder whether prepswift is truly a beginner friendly plan considering the lectures being simple but the problems being complex.
I didn’t face this much difficulty in other modules but more like aha moment where greg said this is how it should be done but sorry the geometry section is poorly designed here.
I haven’t retained concepts so far nor understood till now except for the formulas in this module.
Just my honest feedback on this module alone.
@Leaderboard can you please check on these?
There is nothing wrong with the quiz; this is a standard application problem where it involves students making use of what they’ve learned previously in the course to solve a related problem. Not everything can be “spoon-fed”.
Hi Leaderboard.
I have used previously learnt concepts to solve problems however when the video teaches us a concept and gives us a quiz to reinforce it and turns out the quiz is nowhere related to the video then what is the point of the video in the first place.
I wouldn’t be complaining here if the solution was very obvious we have to use previous concepts this has happened when Greg asked us to root method or solving it algebrically.
this wasn’t the case here.
I mean, we aren’t going to tell you that “you need to use previously-learned concepts in this question”, just like how the actual test isn’t.
Firstly, the video is about “Inscribed Polygon Problems” - notice the emphasis. This is important since we’re essentially showcasing examples related to the concept at hard. The quiz should include a different example, right?
And even the claim that it’s “nowhere related” isn’t correct in my opinion. The first example in the video is about the area of the largest quadrilateral (i.e, square) that can be inscribed in a circle of given radius - the quiz problem simply switches that as you’re given the side length of the square instead of the radius of the circle. That’s similar enough to me.
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