Episode Details

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - To distinguish between area and perimeter calculations, a common source of confusion in exam questions. - The critical importance of using perpendicular height, not slant height, for parallelogram and pyramid calculations. - How to avoid the 'diameter trap' by always converting to radius before applying cylinder, cone, or sphere formulas. - The direct 1/3 volume relationship between a cone and a cylinder sharing the same base and height. - Strategies for calculating the surface area of composite solids by breaking them down into familiar shapes. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep