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[–] openrain502r@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm fine doing SOH CAH TOA, but the unit circle can go fuck itself. Same with radians.

[–] ngwoo@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

SOH CAH TOA is just a trick to make rote memorization of procedure easier. Understanding the unit circle will let you understand what trigonometry is actually doing.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, dividing a circle into 360 parts, then subdividing those by 60, and further subdividing those by 60 makes so much more sense than just using ratio of a number fundamental to circles themselves.