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Leslie

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i need help finding another sentence for the word SOHCAHTOA  meaning sin  opposite  hypotenuse, cos adjacent hypotenuse, & Tan  opposite adjacent???? please help if you can

Maelwys

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Registered: 2007-02-02

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i need help finding another sentence for the word SOHCAHTOA  meaning sin  opposite  hypotenuse, cos adjacent hypotenuse, & Tan  opposite adjacent???? please help if you can

I never used a sentence, I always just remembered it as Soh Cah Toa (sounded out as 3 words), and found that easier than trying to remember that Sally Only Hates Cars And ... (whatever silly pneumatic you can come up with). Or if you have trouble remembering Soh Cah Toa, try "Sock it To ya!" (same thing, just translated into real words)

mathsyperson

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I'm the same as Maelwys, I always just remembered it as SOHCAHTOA.
I used to think of it as a ninja battle-cry type thing.

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JaneFairfax

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Registered: 2007-02-23

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I remember a school teacher of mine used to use

Son Of Hercules Came At Houses To Offer Apples

pi man

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Sally  (sin)          =  Oscar (opposite)     \   Hat (Hypotenuse)
Can    (cosine)    =  Has (hypotenuse)    \   On (Oppposite)
Tell     (Tangent) =  A (adjacent)            \   Always (adjacent)

"Sally Can Tell Oscar Has A Hat On Always"   (except we used a different word instead of "hat".   Think about,  it's not hard.   Or maybe it is).

Maelwys

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Sally  (sin)          =  Oscar (opposite)     \   Hat (Hypotenuse)
Can    (cosine)    =  Has (hypotenuse)    \   On (Oppposite)
Tell     (Tangent) =  A (adjacent)            \   Always (adjacent)

"Sally Can Tell Oscar Has A Hat On Always"   (except we used a different word instead of "hat".   Think about,  it's not hard.   Or maybe it is).

Hmm... except that if you memorize that you'll always get the wrong answers. ;-) (especially since you'll always get "Tan = 1" for any angle, hehe)
SOH CAH TOA means that
Sally  (sin)          =  Oscar (opposite)     \   Has (Hypotenuse)
Can    (cosine)    =  Always (adjacent)    \   Hat (hypotenuse)
Tell     (Tangent) =  On (Oppposite)            \   A (adjacent)
Which makes much less sense. :-o

Last edited by Maelwys (2007-03-06 08:44:38)

pi man

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Sally  (sin)          =  Oscar (opposite)     \   Has (Hypotenuse)
Can    (cosine)    =  A (adjacent)           \   Hat (Hypotenuse)
Tell     (Tangent) =  On (Oppposite)      \   Always (adjacent)

You're right, Maelwys.   I wrote it incorrectly.   Should be as above.   You have to read down for the first column (Sally Can Tell) and then start reading across (Oscar has a hat on always).

lightning

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Registered: 2007-02-26

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i agree with pi man

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Talvon

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Registered: 2006-11-15

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An old one I got told was

Silly Old Hitler (SOH) Couldn't Advance His (CAH) Troops Over America (TOA)

Kind of outdated and there's better ones out there

Patrick

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Registered: 2006-02-24

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Sally  (sin)          =  Oscar (opposite)     \   Hat (Hypotenuse)
Can    (cosine)    =  Has (hypotenuse)    \   On (Oppposite)
Tell     (Tangent) =  A (adjacent)            \   Always (adjacent)

"Sally Can Tell Oscar Has A Hat On Always"   (except we used a different word instead of "hat".   Think about,  it's not hard.   Or maybe it is).

Hehe, it's pretty obvious

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Sekky

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What's wrong with, y'know, learning the definitions?

pi man

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What's wrong with using a mnuemonic device to help you remember something?

lightning

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i don't wear a hat

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bblc

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AT school  the told us 2 remba it as gender on heals can always have tarific oral advantages