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Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid

Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid phrase: a mnemonic used to help people remember the different trigonometric functions: sine is opposite over hypotenuse; cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse; and tangent is opposite over adjacent.

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Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid

  1. (humorous) A mnemonic used to help people remember the different trigonometric functions: sine is opposite over hypotenuse; cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse; and tangent is opposite over adjacent.
    • Another high school teacher told me that he uses a similar acrostic, but his is as follows: Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid.2003 March 5, “Mnemonic Devices” (chapter 9), in Marcia L. Tate, editor, Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2024, page 93
    • "It's easier with a mnemonic," Molly says. "Like… Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid—"2015 December 1, Eric Lindstrom, chapter 23, in Not If I See You First, Little, Brown Books For Young Readers, →ISBN, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2024
    Synonyms:
    SOHCAHTOA

Synonyms of Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid

Origin of Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid

From each word's initial letter forming SOHCAHTOA.

Questions about Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid

What does Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid mean?
Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid means a mnemonic used to help people remember the different trigonometric functions: sine is opposite over hypotenuse; cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse; and tangent is opposite over adjacent.
What part of speech is Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid?
Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid is a phrase.

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