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What is the best way to remember the 6 trigonometric ratios?

User Giridharan
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Answer:

SOHCAHTOA

Explanation:

Usually, in American schools, the term "SOHCAHTOA" is used to remember them. "SOH" is sine opposite hypotenuse, "CAH" is cosine adjacent hypotenuse, and "TOA" is tangent opposite adjacent. There is also Csc which is hypotenuse/opposite, Sec which is hypotenuse/adjacent, and Cot is adjacent/opposite.

User Zalman
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Answer: SOHCAHTOA

Explanation:

The pneumonic I learned is SOH-CAH-TOA. it says that Sin = opposite/hypotenuse. Cos = adjacent/hypotenuse. Tan = opposite/adjacent.

Hope it helps <3

User Daniel Auger
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