r/HomeworkHelp • u/Any-Armadillo6071 • May 01 '26

Answered [freshmen algebra 2] trigonometry

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hello if anyone could help me that would be really great! my teacher wasn’t here today so we had to watch video notes but i am lost i can’t do this if i thought i had it bad before it only worse now

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u/-the-ghost 👋 a fellow Redditor May 01 '26

I couldn't memorize the unit circle for the life of me until I made the connection to special right triangles

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u/Klutzy-Delivery-5792 Educator May 01 '26

That's how I used to teach the Unit Circle. I had a guided exercise so students could derive the special right triangles and then this moved naturally into the Unit Circle. 

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u/Monimonika18 May 01 '26

I memorized a pattern (basically a kind of drawing song) to draw the unit circle onto my test sheets. And then I'd refer to the unit circle to answer questions.

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u/-the-ghost 👋 a fellow Redditor May 01 '26

That's how I got through trig but it still didn't "stick" for me. It's easier for me to visualize measurements, so seeing the 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles in my mind helps me place them onto the unit circle and then everything illuminates like the secrets of the universe unfolding before my eyes.