Sunday, April 21, 2013

my muddiest point

One of the things that stumped me was knowing the equations for the "other three". Throughout the unit it gave me alot of time to memorize which equation goes with which. To help me remember, I came up with my own way of figuring out how to set each up. When i look at cotangent i see the "c" and think "c" is for cosine, and then you see tangent which equation is sine over cosine and so for cotangent it is cosine theta over sine theta. To remember secant I look at "sec" in the word and recognize the "c" and know that it is (to help me remember) cosine. Knowing that it is easy to say the equation is one over cosine theta. To remember cosecant i looked at its other name "csc" and recognize the "s" and i think of sine. leaving the set up to be one over sin theta. Figuring all this out helped me alot throughout the Measurement and the Unit circle unit.

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  1. Those other three are tough to get because they are new and their equations don't necessarily make a ton of sense. See my post to Abe and maybe the history of secant can help you understand a little better.

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