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If they wanted me to follow some rules that I'm apparently expected to know to make everyone comfortable, maybe they should've taught me that in school instead of trigonometry -_-
Whoa, trig doesn't deserve to be catching strays like that
Trig...gered
Oh I didn't mean disrespect against it, it is just the first school-soundy thing that came to mind.
With that said I I will admit I couldn't tell you off the top of my head what trigonometry actually is.
With that said I I will admit I couldn't tell you off the top of my head what trigonometry actually is.
It's the study of the geometry of triangles (trigon - three-sided polygon + metry - roughly measurement of, with an extra o to join them together). You can use the basic principles of some parts of it to make life easier.
For example, the "3-4-5 rule", based on the Pythagorean Theorem. If you need to make sure that something is roughly a 90° angle measure 3 units up one side and mark it, 4 units up the other and mark it, then measure the distance between the marks. If it is 5 units, then you have a 90° angle. The super cool thing is that you can use any unit used to measure linear distance; inches, angstroms, furlongs, kilometers, beard-seconds, whatever.
ooooh ok! interesting, good to know thanks
You're welcome! It's a super cool trick that an electrician taught me years ago.
must've been a shock
A bit but I quickly understood its potential.
No, that would be your parents‘ task.
Maybe additionally, trigonometry is actually pretty useful. Learning capacity isn't that limited, it's motivation and attention that's constantly out of stock.
Even if they taught you that in school, you still wouldn't listen.
huh what sorry I spaced out for a sec what did you say