trig

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The kids rehearsed months, long into the night, then gave performances to sold-out crowds and scrambled to finish trig and AP history homework too.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023

“A lot of the basic trig ‘identities’ are nothing more than Pythagoras’ theorem,” explains Anderson, referring to equations that describe relationships among different trigonometric functions.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2023

Imagine if your old trig worksheets stepped in to help you out when you were stumped on a question.

From The Verge • Mar. 16, 2022

When evaluating the composition of a trigonometric function with an inverse trigonometric function, you may use trig identities to assist in determining the ratio of sides.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Mr. D’Ulney said that maybe, by the end of the school year, he’d throw a little trig at him.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt