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June 14, 2010

Trigonometry in a nutshell

When I think back to high school trig and recall the names of the various functions — sine, cosine, secant, cotangent et al — I was so intimate with, it's like remembering a journey to a foreign country that no longer exists.

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June 14, 2010 at 10:01 AM | Permalink

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Well, you certainly make use of the Tangent.....

Posted by: 6.02*10^23 | Jun 14, 2010 5:17:19 PM

Argh! Taking my math over again after 20 years, and I realized this is the crap I'll be studying in 2 weeks!

Where does this even come into play in the real world? I mean, if you are an engineer, but I have no clue why the life sciences are requiring this knowledge. ARGH!!!!

Posted by: clifyt | Jun 14, 2010 11:53:24 AM

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