Today's soundtrack is Meshuggah: Obzen, a technical extreme metal album. Today's study session consisted of reviewing both unit tests and practicing drawing the unit circle and special triangles.
Category: Math
04.29.2019: One Lesson of Math – Studying, Part 1
Today's soundtrack is Long-view: Mercury, a nice rock album. It reminds me a lot of a less-proggy Blackfield. Today is dedicated to studying. I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed right now; all of the identities and methods are blending together. Units 5 and 6, which my upcoming test covers, were both quite large, and covered a lot … Continue reading 04.29.2019: One Lesson of Math – Studying, Part 1
04.28.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 6/6: Double Angle Identities
Today's soundtrack is Behemoth: Demigod, a death metal album with dark lyrics based on themes found in ancient folklore and religions. This afternoon, I'm working on the last lesson in this unit; this unit is the last unit in this module; so I'll be writing my third of the four module tests this week. This … Continue reading 04.28.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 6/6: Double Angle Identities
04.27.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 5/6: Sum and Difference Identities
Today's soundtrack is Gojira: L'Enfant Sauvage, a metal album that is heavier than four hundred million suns. So I mentioned yesterday that I was having trouble figuring out what to do with trig identities with coefficients. I got some help from a friendly Redditor and was able to finally overcome the challenge. It turns out … Continue reading 04.27.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 5/6: Sum and Difference Identities
04.26.2019: One Lesson of Math – Catching Up
Today's soundtrack is Amon Amarth: Twilight of the Thunder God, an epic viking-themed melodic death metal album. This evening, I'm catching up on the assignments from the last two lessons, which were on the trigonometric identities, then I'm doing a quiz. Links to the previous lessons: Part 1, Part 2. I'm having quite a bit … Continue reading 04.26.2019: One Lesson of Math – Catching Up
04.25.2019: Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 4/6: Trigonometric Identities, Part 2
Today's soundtrack is Taylor Swift: 1989, the album that marked her switch from country pop to...pop-pop. It's such a great album - very catchy! Today, I'm continuing to learn about trigonometric identities. I was introduced to an important rule today that will really streamline the process of proving identities: We should only multiply terms if … Continue reading 04.25.2019: Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 4/6: Trigonometric Identities, Part 2
04.24.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 3/6: Trigonometric Identities, Part 1
Today's soundtrack is Dream Theater: Falling Into Infinity, probably their most radio-friendly album. You may have noticed that this series is titled "Trigonometric Equations and Identities." So far, we've been working with equations; today, we'll be learning about trigonometric identities. Let's start by differentiating the two. An equation is only true for certain values of … Continue reading 04.24.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 3/6: Trigonometric Identities, Part 1
04.23.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 2/6: Solving Trigonometric Equations for Exact Values Without a Calculator
Today's soundtrack is Petra: Petra Means Rock, a compilation album that includes many of the hits from their earlier albums. This afternoon, I'm learning how to solve trig equations without using a calculator. Trigonometric equations include a trig function and a variable - for example, y = sin x. How to solve first-degree trigonometric equations … Continue reading 04.23.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 2/6: Solving Trigonometric Equations for Exact Values Without a Calculator
04.22.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 1/6: Solving Trigonometric Equations Using a Graphing Calculator
Today's soundtrack is Christafari: Valley of Decision, a reggae album that I've loved since I first got the album from a high school friend. Today, I'm learning how to use technology to solve trigonometric equations. I started the lesson by watching this video, which covered the two basic ways of solving trig equations that equal … Continue reading 04.22.2019: One Lesson of Math – Trigonometric Equations and Identities, 1/6: Solving Trigonometric Equations Using a Graphing Calculator
04.22.2019: Circular Functions Unit Test
Today's soundtrack is Monastic Choir of the Valaam Monastery: The Athos of the North, a gorgeous Russian Orthodox album filled with beautiful harmonies as the singers chant spiritual hymns. This afternoon, I'm studying for - and then writing - my unit test on circular functions. To study for the unit test, I practiced drawing a … Continue reading 04.22.2019: Circular Functions Unit Test
04.21.2019: One Lesson of Math – Circular Functions, 10/10: Graphing the Trigonometric Reciprocal Functions
Today's soundtrack is Runaway City: Armored Heart, a solid alt-rock album. I don't know why we never heard more from this band; my only guess is that they were a bit too late hopping onto the post-grunge train. This afternoon, I'm learning how to graph the reciprocal functions. The reciprocal trigonometric ratios are: Cosecant Reciprocal … Continue reading 04.21.2019: One Lesson of Math – Circular Functions, 10/10: Graphing the Trigonometric Reciprocal Functions
04.20.2019: One Lesson of Math – Circular Functions, 9/10: Graphing the Tangent Function
Today's soundtrack is Relient K: ᚎ Score and Seven Years Ago, a pop-punk album that is probably the most introspective material that I've heard Relient K release yet. We've learned how to graph the sine and cosine functions. Now, we're learning how to graph the tangent function. The tan graph is made up of multiple … Continue reading 04.20.2019: One Lesson of Math – Circular Functions, 9/10: Graphing the Tangent Function
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