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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

A right triangle indistinguishable from a line segment. In my book, that borders on blasphemy.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    That's why the unit circle definitions of trig functions are better. "The y coordinate of the point on a unit circle 90 degrees anticlockwise from the positive x-axis" makes a lot more sense than "The ratio between the lengths of a line segment and... another identical line segment in exactly the same place".

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