Three tried and tested methods to master Trigonometry

What does physics and mathematics subjects have in common? First, they are part of curriculum study guide.  Second, you can go one step further to mention they share relationship working with numbers.  Third, think of the big picture – the overall objective.   These three tried and tested ways will assist you to master trigonometry as an integral part of the whole education system curriculum.

This article deliberately steers clear from trigonometry calculation, methods and terminologies. You get all that from your mathematics teacher. Teachers are paid to take you through Pythagoras theorem substitution, tangent and ratios.  If you’re in doubt of these terms, get clarification from your mathematics teacher.

Aren’t we going off the mark in consideration mastery of trigonometry?  No.  Trigonometry section of mathematics is like a piece of the jigsaw puzzle which completes school’s curriculum picture. Leave trigonometry out and the education curriculum is skewed. Think.   How difficult would curriculum subjects stand alone in the universal philosophy of education ?

Let’s field the opening question once more to refresh your memory and bring us up to date on the topic of trigonometry in Mathematics school’s curriculum.  What does physics and mathematics have in common?  How do these two and other subjects in the study curriculum blend together to form the big picture?

Tried

Experts in the electronic industry are paid as your mathematics teacher to try out and come up with diagrams which are used in the electronic circuit board that run your computer.  It begins with knowledge of trigonometry but ends with mass produced electronic equipment you use on a day to day basis.

Tested

Pick up any electronic circuit diagram book for radio, television; computer and the only thing you see in them are schematic diagrams.  What purpose do these diagrams serve?  How does the schematic diagram work to get desired outcome of a computer software program?  That is where tested trigonometry drawing comes in to get the job done.  

Mastery of Trigonometry Benefits

Success in education is almost always traceable to a good understanding of trigonometry as key component part of mathematics.  This understanding is in turn, usually the result of a good grasp of the curriculum subject of study. If you desire to pursue a career in electronics, architecture, teaching mathematics, you make understanding trigonometry a priority.

Trigonometry is handy in frequency modulation for transmission of signals from radio and television stations.  This is also the point at which physics and mathematics converge in making measurements.  You would be clueless about the meaning of wavelength in radio and television without a sketch diagram accurately and expertly drawn from background knowledge of trigonometry.

Trigonometry measures angles in degrees.  Radian, another unit of measurement, is the angle subtended at the center by an arc equal in length to the radius of the circle.

Amplitude of a wave is the maximum displacement of the wave above or below the axis. Without mastery of trigonometry in mathematics, trying and testing measurements and equipment in physics and mathematics would be attempts in futility.

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