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Trigonometry Is the Mathematics of Position

2015

A poster: 'Trigonometry is the mathematics of position.'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-math-subjects-in-one-word--trigonometry-is-the-mathematics-of-position/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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"Trigonometry is the mathematics of position." [unit circle with point (cos θ, sin θ); point X at distance r and angle θ, legs x and y]

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