[blindkid] Pre Cal Help - Unit Cirlce

[Mike Freeman]

You're correct. Actually, the two descriptions are equivalent.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Marshall Flax <marshall.flax+blindkid at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, Oct 1, 2009 5:44:17
Subject: Re: [blkid] Pre Cal Help — Unit Cirlce

>
>
> It's slightly more than that.  On that circle, every point can be
> thought of as being a certain number of degrees counterclockwise
> starting at the point (1,0). Call that angle "theta". Then the (xeaity)
> coordinates of that point are (cosine theta, sin theta).
> 
> In other words, cosine is just a machine whose input is your angle and
> whose output is your x coordinate on the unit circle, and sin is just
> a machine whose input is your angle and whose output is your y
> coordinate on the unit circle. And x and y are the two legs of a right
> triangle with a hypotenuse of 1.
> 
> I think that's it!
> 
> Marshall
> 
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> > I should imagine that the "unit circle" is simply a circle whose
> > equation is specified as: "X squared Plus Y squared equals 1".
> >
> > Mike Freeman
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kim Cunningham" <kim at gulfimagesphoto.com>
> > To: "Blkid" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:15 AM
> > Subject: [blkid] Pre Cal Help — Unit Cirlce
> >
> >
> > I am forwarding the below message for my daughter. She has already
> > posted the question on the TABS and NABS list servs. Any help would be
> > appreciated. You can email her directly if you like — Kayleigh Joiner
> > kayleigh281 at yahoo.com
> > Thank you,
> > Kim Cunningham
> >
> >
> > Hello listers,
> > This is Kayleigh from Texas. I am currently taking pre-calculus and we
> > have started covering the unit circle. I am not aware of anything that
> > is available for the blind concerning this topic. If anyone has any
> > suggesstions they would be greatly appreciated.
> > Sincerely,
> > Kayleigh
> >
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