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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty dumb, so I don't understand this one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Pythagorean theorem.

Although, don't solve this or else Pythagoras might throw you off of a boat

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Pretty sure this is Pythagorean Identity, theorem is a²+b²=c²

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

SOH CAH TOA

[–] [email protected] 3 points 32 minutes ago

Ah, sohcahtoa. Not to be confused with

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Please elaborate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Sine of theta is the ratio of the lengths of the Opposite side over the Hypotenuse (SOH). Cosine of theta is Adjacent over Hypotenuse (CAH). Tangent of theta is Opposite over Adjacent (TOA).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Believe this was featured in a paper that recently used trig to prove the Pythagorean theorem (previously thought to be a circular definition). I think some highschoolers cracked it as part of a mathematics challenge or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Someone needs to turn this into loss

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Why is it 1

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It was freely chosen for simplicity.

If you choose another R, the other sides (x and y) become R*cos(th) and R*sin(th)

I don't understand what is harmful about the unity circle either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Any circle could have its radius technically be 1, as long as you set the units of measurement so that 1 equals the radius of the circle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Because it's a unit circle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Took me a minute to notice, but it was worth it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Notice what??

You can use the spoiler tagNo spoiler