"More of your conversation would infect my brain." -William Shakespeare in Coriolanus Act II, scene i

Monday, March 10, 2008

Errors in Translation

Teacher: So sine, cosine, and tangent are the three main things to know in trigonometry. (Writing on board) Sine is opposite over hypotenuse (o/h). Cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse (a/h), and tangent is opposite over adjacent (o/a).
Student: Can't you remember it by saying "so cah toa?"
Teacher: Yes, but I don't like that. It doesn't make any sense...
Korean Exchange Student: Is that English?!

-Precalculus

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