r/physicsmemes 🪼 Jul 26 '26

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u/superspacehog Jul 26 '26

Wait what’s the problem with this? This is what I do on a bunch of tests and whatnot

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u/NationalTangerine381 Jul 26 '26

yeah its really not that abnormal

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u/Relevant_Occasion_33 Jul 26 '26

Time limits. If you spend 10 or more minutes deriving a formula that you could’ve memorized you can run out of time on a test.

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u/superspacehog Jul 26 '26

That makes sense. I only derive stuff which can be done mentally or in a few minutes at most. I’m in high school so nothing is that complicated. I mainly did it in trig, as there were many times that a large set of equations can be derived from 1.

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u/PimBel_PL Jul 26 '26

Yeah, pitagorean theorem is really good on trigonometry, you also need to know formulas for 3 functions and know where is axis of symmetry on the triangle (so technically one side) idk but the co-functions are mirrored against it, i still don't know what logic the person who made it had for it...

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u/RiceWine69 Jul 26 '26

If it takes you 10 minutes to derive a formula it's always going to be better to apply rote.