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The first thing I thought was "that's not the formula for secant" and it's not. I checked.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 days ago

It rearranges to secant of c

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago
[-] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 183 points 1 week ago

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|

And here is for the people who still don't get the jokeThe 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.

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I learned it but promptly forgot it. Thanks.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 40 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago

But I was taught that the proof was in the pudding

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 12 points 1 week ago

Thank you for this. Trig was definitely the hardest of the maths for me.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

I never learned it. This is one of the few times in my life where it would've been useful

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago

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 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'm just very spatially-challenged, and I think that's where my academic understanding and actual understanding breaks down.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 72 points 1 week ago

I, a smart person, totally get the joke. But could you explain it to my friend?

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago
[-] frankenswine@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

oh yes! this is really helpful to me

but my dummy friend still don't get it

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago
[-] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

I love stupid math jokes like this. I've also seen shirts about don't be a third derivative of a position function (I think) aka don't be a jerk.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I showed that to my friend, and I still don't think they got it.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Replace A with c, take sqrt of both sides, insert right side into shirt

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 17 points 1 week ago

My friend thanks you.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

you also have a dumb friend I see?

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 week ago

I keep reading titanic

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago

Hardy har har

this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2024
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