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I also have a memory like a fish, and used to be useless at remembering formulas for exams. But I’ve found some basic memory techniques to be really useful. Basically you come up with a striking or memorable image to represent each part of the formula and then remember each part in a specific location that you can ‘walk’ through when remembering it. It’s also less boring than learning by repetition. This guy will explain in better than me: