Years ago, when I first taught Precalculus at the college level, I was starting a section on trigonometry by reminding my students of the acronym SOHCAHTOA for keeping the trig functions straight:
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At this point, one of my students volunteered that a previous math teacher had taught her an acrostic to keep these straight: Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid.
Needless to say, I’ve been passing this pearl of wisdom on to my students ever since.
howardat58
/ April 25, 2016Small problem: I get “Formula does not parse” three times.
John Quintanilla
/ April 25, 2016Thanks for the heads up… I believe it’s fixed now.