::: spoiler And here is for the people who still don't get the joke
The reading of the answer is very similar to the word "sexy", which makes the whole sentence a reference to the song "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO.
:::
I was in advanced math classes from like 4th grade all the way up to AP Calc 2 my junior year. Aced all of them except trig. I just could not wrap my head around it.
Trig isn't that bad? It's just about relationships between angles and triangles/circles. If you learn SOH CAH TOA and what the inverses are/mean you've pretty much got it.
I struggle with trig because it's a lot of memorization. The fundamentals are pretty easy, but I never remember the unit circle and I never remember all of the identities.
I only remember useful things. And I consider these useful because I did some low level graphics programmed once and had to use them in practice. Once you understand why these things exist, it becomes that much easier.
23 Comments
TwilightKiddy@programming.dev · 182 pts · 1y
If someone didn't learn enough trigonometry in school:
1+tan^2^c = cos^2^c/cos^2^c + sin^2^c/cos^2^c = (cos^2^c + sin^2^c)/cos^2^c = 1/cos^2^c;
sqrt(1/cos^2^c) = |sec c|
::: spoiler And here is for the people who still don't get the joke The reading of the answer is very similar to the word "sexy", which makes the whole sentence a reference to the song "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. :::
Asafum@feddit.nl · 39 pts · 1y
Thanks for this! While I absolutely love science, math is why I never pursued it.
That and I'm waaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy too stupid. Lol
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
But I was taught that the proof was in the pudding
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 12 pts · 1y
Thank you for this. Trig was definitely the hardest of the maths for me.
abbadon420@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
I never learned it. This is one of the few times in my life where it would've been useful
ptz@dubvee.org · 8 pts · 1y
I was in advanced math classes from like 4th grade all the way up to AP Calc 2 my junior year. Aced all of them except trig. I just could not wrap my head around it.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Trig isn't that bad? It's just about relationships between angles and triangles/circles. If you learn SOH CAH TOA and what the inverses are/mean you've pretty much got it.
Takumidesh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
I struggle with trig because it's a lot of memorization. The fundamentals are pretty easy, but I never remember the unit circle and I never remember all of the identities.
TwilightKiddy@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1y
I only remember useful things. And I consider these useful because I did some low level graphics programmed once and had to use them in practice. Once you understand why these things exist, it becomes that much easier.
ptz@dubvee.org · 5 pts · 1y
Yeah, I'm just very spatially-challenged, and I think that's where my academic understanding and actual understanding breaks down.
realitista@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
I learned it but promptly forgot it. Thanks.
evilcultist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
ptz@dubvee.org · 71 pts · 1y
I, a smart person, totally get the joke. But could you explain it to my friend?
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 1y
Here’s a hint
frankenswine@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 1y
oh yes! this is really helpful to me
but my dummy friend still don't get it
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 1y
sec(c)
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
ptz@dubvee.org · 16 pts · 1y
I showed that to my friend, and I still don't think they got it.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Replace A with c, take sqrt of both sides, insert right side into shirt
ptz@dubvee.org · 17 pts · 1y
My friend thanks you.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
you also have a dumb friend I see?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 37 pts · 1y
I keep reading titanic
Taleya@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y
Hardy har har
Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
The first thing I thought was "that's not the formula for secant" and it's not. I checked.
TheOakTree@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
secant