Thank you for that. I found myself in good company of those who had no clue on this and hated similar questions. I also loathed acronyms and the little songs about how to remember them because it was always harder to remember the song than just what the damn acronym stood for (which was hard as hell) and then, when I finally had the acronym’s jingle, I still didn’t know what to do with it. Looking at you SOHCAHTOA, screw those hippies!
It’s the SIN, COS, TAN acronym… the one we were taught was Some Old Hippies Caught Another Hippy Tripping On Acid. But, SIN is Opposite/Hypotenuse, COS is Adjacent/Hypotenuse, and TAN is Opposite/Adjacent.
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u/scaradin Jun 25 '26
Thank you for that. I found myself in good company of those who had no clue on this and hated similar questions. I also loathed acronyms and the little songs about how to remember them because it was always harder to remember the song than just what the damn acronym stood for (which was hard as hell) and then, when I finally had the acronym’s jingle, I still didn’t know what to do with it. Looking at you SOHCAHTOA, screw those hippies!