Using the Magic Hexagon to Generate Trig Identities

This video demonstrates how you can use the Magic Hexagon to generate commonly used trig identities. This version of the Magic Hexagon, as well as many other versions can easily be found around KZread and around the web.
#mathematics #trig #precalculus
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  • @raquelvasquez5152
    @raquelvasquez51525 жыл бұрын

    Omg you saved my life from getting a bad score on a pre calc quiz I swear it was the last min and I hadn't studied for this till I have discovered your video please tell me some other tricks on how to do other topics GOD BLESS YOU I WAS ABOUT TO CRY

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have a playlist for various tricks and short-cuts. Here's the link: bit.ly/2WV1QFd

  • @-LarsLars
    @-LarsLars2 жыл бұрын

    Studying for the FE Exam after 7 years out of college, and this just blew my mind. Thank you!

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    @prabhatsingh91117 жыл бұрын

    i wish i could have found something like this as a kid. thanks for this mam.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @anggadamanik8506
    @anggadamanik85065 жыл бұрын

    My school never taught me this

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’s definitely not in any curriculum. It’s just a way to memorize trig identities. Thanks for watching!

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    @yousejose74047 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

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    6 жыл бұрын

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    6 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Horror Time Thanks! Glad it was helpful!

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    @geraldillo4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, beautiful symmetry! Thanks for sharing!

  • @AlwinKristen
    @AlwinKristen Жыл бұрын

    I dont know how to thank you about making this video. This is the yewel in the set of all math-memos, and the most useful one also. Maybe I just put a hearth symbol here to show my gratitude❤ Thank you!

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @Kai-jn5cx
    @Kai-jn5cx5 жыл бұрын

    wish my pre calc teacher taught me this... this is such a big help thank you!!!

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glad the video was a big help to you! Good Luck in your pre-calc class.

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    @arslanraja79235 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. I wish i had a friend to teach math to me like this. This is so easy. Thank you so much.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    So glad the method worked great for you! Thanks for watching.

  • @kingbeauregard
    @kingbeauregard2 жыл бұрын

    This is cool! I'm not sure it would have worked well for me, but I can see some students for whom it would be a thing. Here are things I know, and I build the rest off of it: 1) Oscar had a heap of apples, or SOH CAH TOA, or Some Officers Have Curly Auburn Hair To Offer Attraction. 2) It's a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 1, and the Pythagorean Theorem applies, so sin^2 + cos^2 = 1. 3) The csc / sec / cot are just reciprocals of sin / cos / tan. The reason that "cosine" and "cosecant" aren't reciprocals of one another is because somebody hates children and made it needlessly difficult. 4) Complementary angles. If I memorized the hexagon, I could probably get to usable results quicker. But I also feel like, this way, I have a solid understanding of how to get from one point to another.

  • @tamutalon12
    @tamutalon125 жыл бұрын

    I’m studying for the precalculus clep test and I had forgotten just about everything from trig when I took it about 10 years ago. I’m so happy I found this, and when I eventually become a math teacher I will definitely refer my students to this video!

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Good luck with your upcoming test.

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    @move_those_brain_cells2 жыл бұрын

    thanks a ton! this really helps out when u don't have the slides from the presentation😊

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    @vonFroggula7 жыл бұрын

    Excellent explanation! Tremendous help.

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    @skyechapman85687 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, I'm a first year engineering student writing Calculus tomorrow and I know this will help me a lot! :)

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

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    @shweta94844 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @allenkemp31244 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

  • @kristopherbeauchemin9941
    @kristopherbeauchemin99417 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much:) I have cal 2 trig integrals and this is perfect since you no longer have to memorize all the formulas by heart:)

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

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    @SebaGEO4 жыл бұрын

    This is sooo useful, thanks for the video, also good explanation!

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    4 жыл бұрын

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    @mickapoo8 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    8 жыл бұрын

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    @ainiebalabaran60965 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

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    @mathteacher26514 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

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    @johannesmellomello10067 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

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    @iyourfatherla6 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

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    @raghavsharma93507 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

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    @Kaleabe254 жыл бұрын

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    @sonaliprajapati62565 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

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    @kaluvanhariharan42567 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

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    @msrinivas2327 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

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    @rishabhsharma12577 жыл бұрын

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    7 жыл бұрын

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    @dr.thusharalal1004 Жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

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    @blue-wing20717 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    You are welcome!!

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    @gifttheace82315 жыл бұрын

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Thanks for watching.

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    @hemanthreddie7 жыл бұрын

    I think 5 people who disliked this are from another planet. Btw this is amazing . and the best maths video i ever watched. Thank you very much........

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! And thank you for watching!

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    @kuldeepchand24426 жыл бұрын

    thanx for ur reply

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    @harisgulzar8068 Жыл бұрын

    Good work

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @duanedonaldson2262
    @duanedonaldson22627 жыл бұрын

    Do you also teach the Magic Hexagon with Differential and Integral Calculus for differentiating and integrating along with Hyperbolics? Thanks for the video.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching. I don't use it for Hyperbolics, but only because I don't teach anything higher than Calculus 1.

  • @geromebentillo7184
    @geromebentillo71846 жыл бұрын

    I love this so much thank you

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

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    @seanwillowy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice Gerome

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    @geromebentillo7184

    5 жыл бұрын

    HAHAHAHAHA nice

  • @TheRealJavahead
    @TheRealJavahead7 жыл бұрын

    Great video, very helpful Thank you.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @curtpiazza1688
    @curtpiazza1688Ай бұрын

    Cool video! 😊

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks! 😊

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    @warryen6 жыл бұрын

    This deserves a lot more than 58k views.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Several students really do like this method.

  • @bhavyas875
    @bhavyas8755 жыл бұрын

    hey, this one is very good for my project on trigonometry.. but i want to also know about the co functions explaining supplementary angles.. please help me

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    The only video I have that deals with Cofunction Identities is a short, straightforward video that just shows how to find a cofunction angle. Here's the link to that video: bit.ly/2TbG9i6

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    @ananyasrivastava51284 жыл бұрын

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  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right here! Be sure to check out the rest of my channel. Everything is organized in Playlists.

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    @rileynobles71467 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!!

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    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

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    @kyungmoo88856 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!!!

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

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    @sohampaulzagade47706 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Thanks for watching.

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    @johnmiller3238 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    8 жыл бұрын

    You're Welcome!

  • @jasonjackson4555
    @jasonjackson45553 жыл бұрын

    My god I would love to have known this when I was in undergrad. Mind blown!

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mathematics is patterns!

  • @mark-rq2gh
    @mark-rq2gh5 жыл бұрын

    is it possible tanx=sinx\cosx is desame with tan=sec\csc? since you told us counter and clock wise are appropriate.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes......sec/csc will ultimately simplify to sin/cos which is tan.

  • @obinator9065
    @obinator90655 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't even waste resources remembering that I have to go counter clockwise when I use the inverse function(tan -> cot), I mean it's the inverse function. You just swap tan and you get cot.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very True.

  • @VeritasEtAequitas

    @VeritasEtAequitas

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, those are the easy ones to memorize, as is sin²+cos ²=1. Tan and Cot go together. The others swap both the prefix and the rest of the word, so sin goes with a co- and isn't cosine, therefore it's csc. Cosine woul lose the co and can't go with sine, so it's secant.

  • @MunchManCrafts
    @MunchManCrafts4 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much you saved my 15 marks thank a lot

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy to help

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    @j.c.serranosanchez31907 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting Thanks

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

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    @ramyakrishna74155 жыл бұрын

    I like this videossss

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching.

  • @juanm_23
    @juanm_237 жыл бұрын

    So, in the quotient identities, tangent can also equal sec/csc ?

  • @VeritasEtAequitas

    @VeritasEtAequitas

    4 жыл бұрын

    That should be correct. If tan = sec/csc, Tan = sec/1 • 1/csc Since /1 equals the numerator, and csc (reciprocal of sin) is under 1, it reciprocates again. Tan = sec • sin, and we see that matches one of the multiplication rules. We then can also see tan/sec = sin, tan/sin = sec, and (sec•sin)/tan = 1 You can keep manipulating and swapping terms all day around the whole triangle. What this hexagon does is show that same triangle in 6different perspectives.

  • @DrBunhead
    @DrBunhead Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Brilliantly simple and so useful. Great work!

  • @bharatbishad-prernafoundat5601
    @bharatbishad-prernafoundat56018 жыл бұрын

    good job

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bharat Basel Thanks!

  • @abuzerdag
    @abuzerdag4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, does these kind of stuff common in USA? They never taught us tricks like that in Turkey.

  • @keilast7503

    @keilast7503

    4 жыл бұрын

    This kind of stuff is not common in any school. Ülkene özel bir şey değil, okul işi değil bunlar.

  • @abuzerdag

    @abuzerdag

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@keilast7503 Thanks for your answer.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    4 жыл бұрын

    It really just depends on the teacher. Lots of teachers in the USA give mnemonic devices for memorizing formulas. And that is all this is.....just a way to help students memorize Trig Identities.

  • @gutierrezmarjassonpatrick9196
    @gutierrezmarjassonpatrick91966 жыл бұрын

    wow. thanks

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

  • @abodamdfr2298
    @abodamdfr2298 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant Now I can use it for my maths H.W

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    Жыл бұрын

    Great! Thanks for watching & commenting!

  • @VeritasEtAequitas
    @VeritasEtAequitas4 жыл бұрын

    Experts and those who have competed calculus, is it better to memorize this or derive them a billion times to memorize that? Knowing these let's you go one direction, but it doesn't seem as easy to see a problem and know the next step unless you memorize the formulae instead.

  • @lookitcrashed
    @lookitcrashed7 жыл бұрын

    Holy crap I love you

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @rituyogi3748

    @rituyogi3748

    5 жыл бұрын

    lookitcrashed goot

  • @georgeseese
    @georgeseese6 жыл бұрын

    When was this "magic hexagon" invented? I don't see it mentioned in Wikipedia articles for trigonometry.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I'm not sure when it was invented. I know my high school & college years spanned 1979 to 1987, and I was not introduced to this back then. I first saw it on the internet a few years ago, and decided to use it in teaching my classes.

  • @pasher4882

    @pasher4882

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was published in 1978 in Chinese publication named " Mathematics Handbook".

  • @fritzbautista5933
    @fritzbautista59337 жыл бұрын

    how do you solve it ?

  • @kurchak
    @kurchak2 ай бұрын

    I'm John Daker, and that, my friends, is Amore.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @matokurin
    @matokurin Жыл бұрын

    great

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @cbob7423
    @cbob74232 жыл бұрын

    ms hudson made me watch it

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hope you learned some good tricks for remembering the trig identities.

  • @rostyloco1
    @rostyloco17 жыл бұрын

    reminds me of "horadric cube"

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    7 жыл бұрын

    Now that you mention it, yes it does!

  • @rostyloco1

    @rostyloco1

    7 жыл бұрын

    next slide on Pythagorean identities how about this: you may never add from the bottom.you may subtract the bottom from the top to get a negative of the other top.you may add two negative tops to get a negative bottom.let me know what you think.

  • @cooldude2245
    @cooldude22455 жыл бұрын

    This is really good. Why is it so hard to memorize trig?

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I agree, students do seem to struggle with memorizing trig functions......it’s definitely a mystery!

  • @obinator9065

    @obinator9065

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cole's World of Mathematics Most teachers dont show the pattern behind it. These identities aren‘t even teached in my country...

  • @Snakemasterepic
    @Snakemasterepic4 жыл бұрын

    How about derivatives?

  • @loneventhorizon
    @loneventhorizon5 жыл бұрын

    What is this sorcery?

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff! 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @lanaali8534
    @lanaali8534 Жыл бұрын

    رائع

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    Жыл бұрын

    شكرًا لك

  • @jacobodeh2471
    @jacobodeh24716 жыл бұрын

    Is this considered cheating if i write this down on my hand during a test?

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    Within my own classroom, I would consider that cheating. However, I would allow a student to have the Hexagon memorized, and then write it down on the test as soon as I gave the test to him.

  • @gokulnath6031
    @gokulnath60316 жыл бұрын

    osm! TX

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    👍🏻

  • @reelrook3044
    @reelrook30448 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Now show me where I'd use these anywhere outside of a math class...

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Go Get Some Trigonometric identities are found heavily in architecture, especially when developing large infrastructure. It is common to find them when constructing blueprints for actual structures. The reason that trigonometric identities are so important to architecture is that it helps you be as accurate as possible when determining sizes and proportions. This lets you know how much space you have to build, as well as what is the most efficient way of building something so that you maximize space, while minimizing cost, which means maximizing efficiency in construction. Trigonometric identities are also applicable in the field of music for stringed instruments. For example, the vibration that a violin possesses is the same shape as a sine function. When playing instruments you don't think about trigonometric identities, but when calculating the physics behind it, they come into play. Trig identities in music are typically a calculation of frequency and are represented by using kilohertz (kHz). The six trigonometric identities are very prominent in several different types of engineering. Some of the more popular types of engineering where trigonometric identities are used are civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. They are used when analyzing alternating and direct currents. The shape of the curves that alternating and direct currents form correspond to that of the trigonometric identity curves. In general, trigonometry itself is helpful for things like separating forces into orthogonal components. The concept of force is used in all sorts of kinematical applications. The trigonometric identities simply assist in the manipulation of the trig. This is just a few applications of Trigonometry and Trigonometric Identities. But hopefully this gives you some idea how it can be used outside of the classroom. Unfortunately, you have to take several years of "classroom" mathematics in high school and undergraduate courses before you have an opportunity to apply what you've learned in the classroom to any actual real world applications.

  • @reelrook3044

    @reelrook3044

    8 жыл бұрын

    Which is exactly why so many people fail at math and don't remember anything past test day. I've had a love/hate relationship with math my whole life. Mostly I hate the way it is taught with theory first, practical application MUCH later. We don't learn music this way. We grow up hearing it and singing (and humming) along way before we learn about notes and measures etc. Juggling has a notation, but no one learns that before picking up a ball. It is ridiculous that we do this with math. Most math "teachers" are not very good at getting this across in a MEANINGFUL way. We need to fix this if we want more people to love all of math.

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    8 жыл бұрын

    I agree, the way math is taught does need a total overhaul. But there are teachers scattered throughout the US that are presenting mathematics differently. For example, Dan Meyers. You can do a search for his TedTalks on KZread, or even Google his blog. He is inspiring other mathematics teachers around the globe to change the approach to the way mathematics is taught in the classroom. But that change won’t occur overnight, it’s going to take time for that change to occur. Currently, US teachers have to worry about standardized testing, which is important in the fact that those test scores determine the amount of funding schools get from the government. And schools can’t exist without the appropriate amount of funding. Unfortunately, it’s a vicious cycle that is drastically affecting the way students view education in general, not just in mathematics. Currently, I attempt to combine traditional learning of mathematics (“crank out answers to problems”) along with applications of the mathematics (or at least the best way it can be simulated within a classroom environment). Unfortunately, the only thing on KZread people see is the traditional “cranking out answers to math problems”. My guess is because the majority of the mathematics teachers are still teaching in that mode. Obviously, the problem is not an easy one to solve, but I do understand your frustration with the way mathematics is taught. If at all possible, hang in there, because if you make it far enough into the study of mathematics, there is a point where it becomes truly beautiful!

  • @larrydavid6102

    @larrydavid6102

    7 жыл бұрын

    After teaching undergraduate math for over 20 years I've stopped answering this question. I reject the premise that math needs to justify its existence with demonstrable applications. It's like asking how language is useful. For starters you couldn't ask the question without language. You couldn't even think of the question without language. No one asks a language teacher "when am I ever going to use verb conjugations outside of a language class?" At least if they did the answer would be pretty simple: walk out of the classroom and start talking. Math is the language of science and engineering. It's the context in which these things are thought about and accomplished. If you want to work in international business in a foreign country, you must first learn the language used in the country. When you do the work of business in that country, you'll be using the language all day long, every day, to talk and read and write about lots of different things. And when you do that, you're focused on the meaning of the language in the particular context, not the language itself. It's like a fish asking what is the use of water, or a person what is the use of air. There is a common confusion about meaning versus application. Trigonometry has no meaning per se, but it has lots of application. Strictly speaking, trigonometry, like all math, is a made-up system of logically consistent axioms and definitions. Its usefulness is a completely separate matter. Of course historically it was made up intentionally to be useful, but it makes no more sense to ask what the meaning of trigonometry is than to ask what the meaning of "e-r" verbs in French is. They have no meaning of their own - they have definitions, but that's not the kind of meaning I'm describing. To say that "jouer" means "to play" is like saying tan(theta) means sin(theta)/cos(theta), or y/x for any point on the unit circle, or any other definition one chooses to use. But "what does tan(theta) mean?" is itself a meaningless question. It's a great question, because it reveals something deep about the nature of mathematics, but ultimately it is meaningless. In other words, we need to ask different questions. I tell students that math is like a game. We make up the rules in a way that works - i.e. we can't have 2 rules that contradict each other or we wouldn't be able to play the game. Then we just play the game and see what happens. There's no talk about justifying doing this, or the usefulness of it, any more than there is in a language or music class. If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. If you're in a degree program that requires you to learn math, then presumably you want to do it, even if only to get the degree. Memory devices like this hexagon are great for remembering math facts, however the downside is that they can obscure the big picture, the relationships between mathematical objects. For example, if someone asks "why is tangent equal to sine over cosine?", the answer is not, "because if you go clockwise around the hexagon..." Ironically, what most students want to know when they talk about meaning, is the "why", which is great because that is indeed the important question. But unfortunately they expect the answer to be physical, to have something to do with the "real world", and their commitment to a "practical" explanation is what oftentimes keeps them from being open to the real meaning, the true "why". That meaning is in the structure, in the relationships between mathematical objects, and this is what math is really about; not numbers or measurements or calculations. Too many students use memory devices as an excuse to not learn the definitions of the trig functions, or how to derive the pythagorean identities, or to prove the pythagorean theorem. I would argue that a number-crunching, algorithmic approach to math - even full of applications - is the main culprit of the bad reputation math has among apathetic students. Math is very useful for solving problems in science and engineering, but those problems are not math strictly speaking. We don't wait to start doing "real math" until we've done years of "classroom math"; that classroom math is the real math. We start on the very first day, and never stop. That other stuff is engineering and business and science - wonderful and useful endeavors that require math to do, but not math itself. That would be like saying that you have to study "classroom French" for years before you can do "real French" by writing a business contract in French. Give the contract to a native-French speaker and ask them what it is, and (assuming they recognize it) they'd say it's a contract, not "French", "real" or otherwise. Likewise, ask a physicist what Maxwell's Equations are, and they'd say "the foundational description of classical electromagnetism" or something to that effect; they wouldn't say they are math - even though that would be true - they are differential equations, which is math. That would be just as strange as saying that Moby Dick, or the U.S. Constitution, is English. The flipside is that if you don't speak English, you can't read Moby Dick or the U.S. Constitution; and if you can't "read" differential equations, you can't do physics. Interestingly, I've never had a multi-lingual student ask me when they would use math outside a classroom. I suspect that the experience of learning a foreign language (and in some cases, several) has revealed the strangeness of such a question.

  • @obinator9065

    @obinator9065

    5 жыл бұрын

    Larry David You HAVE to answer this question, not doing so is bad teaching. Because nobody is going to memorize this stuff past the exam then. Language is obvious, but math isn‘t, ofc it isn‘t with these stupid ladder problems in trig, or quadratic equations with basketballs. How would you get behind the real usage of this stuff? Or do you seriously think trig is used for calculating right ladder angles? You have to pick good, interesting problems, always focus on real world usage. Our teacher did this, as much as the rules allowed him to, and this is also the stuff me & my former classmates best remember.

  • @canlasiangabriel674
    @canlasiangabriel6745 жыл бұрын

    Here in the philippines we called it piattos

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! That’s interesting!

  • @saerom259
    @saerom2595 жыл бұрын

    Jesus fucking christ thank you so much

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @jasper2469
    @jasper24694 жыл бұрын

    I use piattos chips to visualize this from my stdents

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    4 жыл бұрын

    That sounds interesting.

  • @rayencabo8066
    @rayencabo80662 жыл бұрын

    No hablo ingles mi amigo.

  • @atseugkijngaming8160

    @atseugkijngaming8160

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same fam

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lo siento. no hablo español ¿Ayuda el subtitulado?

  • @Shawwblagoo
    @Shawwblagoo5 жыл бұрын

    Marry me!

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    5 жыл бұрын

    🙄

  • @kuldeepchand2442
    @kuldeepchand24426 жыл бұрын

    this is worst than basic concept

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    It definitely requires a little work to memorize the various patterns, but regardless, memorization is required no matter what mnemonic device is used. Hope you find a method that works for you, since this one did not.

  • @indiant20ihighlight81
    @indiant20ihighlight814 жыл бұрын

    Pods punda

  • @asravani4759
    @asravani47596 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @ColesWorldofMathematics

    @ColesWorldofMathematics

    6 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for watching.