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Why do standard geometry textbooks not start with trigonometry?
Here is a late but brief answer to the question:
If this is the normal way of teaching geometry, why? Why is the course
focused more on memorizing theorems rather than understanding where
they come ...
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Multiple proofs for the same problem
It just crossed my mind that I can offer you some option you haven't probably considered yourself.
Once I experimented in my calculus course (which also involved some elements of analytic geometry and ...
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Pythagoras and Trigonometry sequencing
I learnt about Pythagoras before I started learning about trigonometry.
I have learnt the Pythagoras proof, using uniform triangles, but there is also this very popular proof of the Pythagoras theorem:...
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Multiple proofs for the same problem
At the college level, see here, here, here, here, and here. Only the first link is suitable for high school courses.
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