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by macintux 1785 days ago
I really hoped the trig book would help me get over my mental block, but it still didn’t work. There’s something about Trigonometry that just befuddles me.

Still, a good book.

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Have you seen the animation about how sin/cos/tangent are derived? I was absolutely befuddled by trig although I was able to do it by learning rules, until I saw that thing.

Just in case you haven't:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_zReGTxdlQ

Any idea where the block lies? I feel like I love trig and just don't get enough opportunities to use it, so am happy to have a conversation about it.
I found that the Humungous Book of Trigonometry Problems actually cleared it all up for me.
I used the Humongous Book of Calculus Problems in college. Drilling tons of problems was incredibly helpful.