helping granddaughter with math homework
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Quote:I just went about memorizing certain values. Like sin(pi/4) = cos(pi/4) = 0.7170, sin(pi/3) = cos(pi/6) = 0.8660, and sin(pi/6) = cos(pi/3) = .5 (then used the various mulitples of those around the circle by remembeingr what the sign of those trig functions were for each quadrant, so quad 1 = positive, quad 2 sin pos, cos neg, quad 3 both neg, quad 4 sin neg, cos pos). Then it just becomes a quick memorization of tan, cot, sec, and csc (sin/cos, cos/sin, 1/sin, and 1/cos) and doing that math quick in the head.
That hurts my brain.
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helping granddaughter with math homework - by Wyrm - 08-23-2009, 09:43 PM

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