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Can you name the Trigonometric functions? Enter an answer in the box below Correctly named answers will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order Note: Inverse Functions are not included You have 1 minute to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 2331 TV Shows (U.S.) 1892 Broadway Opening Lines 1878 You Do Know Jack 837 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 741 Same Last Name 710 And more...
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Function	Ratio
	opposite/hypotenuse
	adjacent/hypotenuse
	opposite/adjacent
	hypotenuse/opposite
	hypotenuse/adjacent
	adjacent/opposite

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	Jordan117:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT	12 points
	SO-CA-TOA!

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	el_barto:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 20:28 GMT	0 points
	cotan ratio is wrong.

	chanman:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	28 points
	It's SohCahToa. Haha I almost forgot the inverse three. but then I remembered. xD

	StephenM:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 20:30 GMT	4 points
	The cotangent ratio is wrong. Nice, easy quiz. Glad to see more math quizzes! :D

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	WCRoentgen:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 20:47 GMT	10 points
	@jordan: I think the mnemonic is SOHCAHTOA (Sin=Opp/Hyp; Cos= Adj/Hyp; Tan= Opp/Adj) Also, accepted abbreviations should be allowed for this quiz (sin, cos, tan, csc, sec, cot)

	zalagreensbury:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	3 points
	lol, Socatoa was the biggest highschool math last resort after Pemdas.

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	Mr_Negative:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 21:07 GMT	-1 points
	Aww...I lose.

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	Kicking222:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 21:14 GMT	5 points
	If my math major ass couldn't remember these... I might as well have given up thinking altogether.

	MarsBarsX:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 21:25 GMT	0 points
	easy. thank you algebra II honors!

	tinman:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 21:37 GMT	10 points
	i only knew the first three too Ozzy Had A Hit of Acid (OH AH OA) taught by a NUN no less!

	sub:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 21:39 GMT	4 points
	not trig, but I tried cosh and sinh as bonuses. Alas, no such luck.

	Sedaded:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 21:43 GMT	0 points
	SOHCAHTOA indeed

	JohnJF:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 21:44 GMT	-1 points
	I suck at math and still got all six in nine seconds. I guess I was bound to retain something from trigonometry...

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	heydigital:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 22:10 GMT	-4 points
	haven't taken a math class for the past two years so I only got the basic three, though I tried "inverse sine" etc... just couldn't remember their formal names.

	Chuckfinn:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 22:14 GMT	9 points
	SOHCAHTOA: Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid

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	eln77:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 22:23 GMT	28 points
	The abbreviations shouldn't be accepted. If you only know the functions by the buttons on your scientific calculator, then you don't really know them.

	jc88:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 22:50 GMT	8 points
	@heydigital: inverse sin, inverse cos and inverse tan are three completely different functions unrelated to sec, csc, and cot.

	Uhlan:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT	1 point
	jc88 is right the 'other three' are 1/sin etc. Literally just done this stuff in the past week at college, before then I'd only have got 3 :-)

	Bradley:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 23:25 GMT	5 points
	wow. I haven't even THOUGHT about this stuff in more than 13 yrs, but managed to get all 6 somehow :)

	JoeGrzzly:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 00:01 GMT	6 points
	@Mr Negative You finally got a comment with a bunch of negative points. You must be so happy.

	Onno:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 00:01 GMT	3 points
	I typed in sinus, cosinus and tangens. Had no idea that they had different names in English... =(

	heydigital:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 00:29 GMT	2 points
	@jc88 really? oh well, just shows how long it's been since Calc. :/ Sporcle always reminds me how little I know, haha. but that's why I love it.

	BonesLover:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 00:32 GMT	-1 points
	easy, but really fun!

	American:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 00:54 GMT	6 points
	@Mr negative: Well played, well played

	Haunter:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 01:05 GMT	-1 points
	wat

	kamakazisquid:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 01:48 GMT	-3 points
	too much time

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	Wade:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 04:28 GMT	1 point
	I almost forgot about secant and cosecant.

	DonnyB:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 04:37 GMT	-1 points
	I did much better on this than I did in actual trig class.

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	PopdCulture:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 05:30 GMT	-1 points
	Oh, I'm not saying they're good. That's what popped into my head. Everything relates back to cheesy television with me. Also, for those wanting more groan worthy jokes, read on! [Trigonometry for farmers: swine and coswine...] and [Q What does trigonometry have in common with a beach? A: Tan Gents] ...yeaaaahhhh...sorry.

	jaymc:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 05:32 GMT	0 points
	@Bradley: Me too!