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by gopowerranger 3930 days ago
In almost every case, confusion arises when the "how" is taught with no explanation of the "why". Why does that formula work? Why did you use that formula?

Whole worlds were opened up to me when I learned that the fundamentals of trigonometry, like the simple computation of sin of an angle, are all related at its base to a square but no math teacher ever made that connection for me.