Pythagorean Theorem and trigonometry in a nutshell:
if you know the length of two sides of a right triangle, you can find the length of the third side.
Because these lengths are related to eachother, the ratio of one to the other will always be the same for a right triangle with a given secondary angle. Consequently, if you know the side length ratios for a given angle, then you can calculate the lengths of two sides given an angle and the length of one side, or you can find the other two angles given the length of two sides.

yes I know I had to use it in a math class once upon a time, and I told my retarded ass math teacher the same thing. plus the greeks weren't the ones that came up with that, it was the egyptians the greeks just documented it

it is the 17th proof of the theorem

I member when I was gud at mefs

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i think there are like 122

im not even kidding

wanna know how you can prove it without that bullshit? the 3,4,5 triangle 🙂

the math teachers that make you do 10 extra steps to get an answer you can get in 3 are the ones that should not teach math

exactly, the A^2 + B^2 = C^2 is the oldest one anyway

LOLOL

that is not the oldes one

why they thought it was necessary to prove it 121 more way is crazy

no but most of them were proven after it

yes true but I don't do math history anymore because I get into too many stupid fights about stupid topics between which ancient culture did it first

lmao

Conveniently, any polygon can be divided into triangles, and any triangle that is not already a right triangle can be divided into two right triangles.

the history of math is nothing but heresy anyways

wow, we are forever indebted to you, this information is literally without value.

It's incredibly important in trigonometry.

trig is the math I hated the most

i know i had to use it about 1000 times to much

and i like math

probably because I had to teach it to myself in 8th grade

Then why declare it to be worthless?

sarcasm

sarcasm be lost in text mate

It came across as the first half being sarcasm and the second half being the indicator that the first half was sarcasm.

ingrish

yea

At any rate, trig has applications in most higher level maths, notably calculus, as well as many engineering and science fields.

Ew

Math

anybody remember when exactly the height of the fidget spinner fad was?

What in the Albert Einstein, mathematician horseshit is happening here?

2016 or so?

I sold a fidget spinner to a 1st grader for $15 once. <:KEK:795742276549607456>

Why you may ask?

Plus, 1st graders are about as smart as a bag of bricks.

some of them were legit worth $15. higher quality bearings.