Re:BetterExplained: Math Lessons That Explain Concepts
by kalid on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @01:37PM
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Just saw your earlier comment, thank you!
1) Yep, the regular percentage formula is pretty basic. Mostly, I like it because we've overlooked something that's been under our noses for years or decades. What else have we been missing?
The traditional way of showing sine/cosine/tan (as on that page) leaves out the surrounding context where the percentage comes to life. Let me know if that link above clears thins up.
1) Yep, the regular percentage formula is pretty basic. Mostly, I like it because we've overlooked something that's been under our noses for years or decades. What else have we been missing?
2) For trig, check out:
http://betterexplained.com/static/articles/intuitive-trigono...
The traditional way of showing sine/cosine/tan (as on that page) leaves out the surrounding context where the percentage comes to life. Let me know if that link above clears thins up.