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| Three Generations of Service  |
I barely scraped through Algebra 1 in high school but that was more about lazy than stupid. Based on a pretty weak math background, would it be reasonable to try to pick up the basics of Trig through self study? If so, recommendations for sources of study - on line or ??? Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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Online you could try Kahn Academy. It is free and has good video tutorials and practice problems. | |||
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I Deal In Lead |
Or just get a book on it. | |||
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| Shoulda Coulda Oughta Woulda |
A book? Seriously? Ok Grandpa. What a dinosaur.  | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Actually, Trig for Dummies might be a good starting place. (Betting there is such a book...) Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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 Amazon “There is love in me the likes of which you’ve never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape." —Mary Shelley, Frankenstein | |||
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A book, paper and pen (or pencil) is all you need. Trigonometry itself is a self-contained module. I think it's the building block for the physics learning about forces and vectors. What will help you learn is doing the exercises and checking your work against the answer key. Except sometimes the answer keys are wrong. I really think you would have used it in your work in the navy and just didn't think you were doing trig. Of course, you probably had computers doing the calculating for you. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
I was an Electronics Tech. Nothing much beyond a little basic Algebra. The idea behind learning some Trig is twofold: 1) There have been times recently when being able to "do the math" myself would have saved some time and 2) The brain is a muscle and needs exercise, especially as we age. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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My son doubted my math abilities but brought this problem to me when having some trouble. I solved it quickly; it left him speechless.  If you need any help. Let me know. . | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Why Trig, what's your angle? | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Don't be obtuse.  Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| I Deal In Lead |
You've never heard of kindle? What are you, a neanderthal?  | |||
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I would also advise you to get a book trig isn't hard, and half of it is being able to visualize some of it is just remembering some basic rules but there is more to it than just triangles contact your local school and ask if you can borrow one of their textbooks on introductory trig and analytical geometry that would be a good start | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
The one math course I really enjoyed and understood thoroughly in High School was Plane Geometry. That's a 3-4-5 right triangle. Or, from our Greek friend Pythagoras, A-squared plus B-squared equals C-squared. Or, phrased as a Dad Joke: There was an Indian Chief, and he had three squaws. And kept them in three tee-pees. When he would come home late from hunting, he would not know which tee-pee contained which squaw.. being dark and all. He went hunting one day, and killed a hippopotamus, a bear, and a buffalo. He put the a hide from each animal into a different tee-pee, so that when he came home late.. he could feel inside the tee-pee and he would know which squaw was inside. Well after about a year, all three squaws had children. The squaw on the bear had a baby boy, the squaw on the buffalo hide had a baby girl. But the squaw on the hippopotamus had a girl and a boy. So what is the moral of the story? The Squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws of the other two hides. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| St. Vitus Dance Instructor  |
I think Youtube has videos that might help. | |||
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Why??? Hitting yourself in the head repeatedly with a hammer would be more fun. | |||
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Oh, that was bad... even more of a "dad joke" than mine. . | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
The worst thing about trig used to be looking up the factors in the tables I’m the back of the book. They all use calculators now. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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