What does Sin, Cos, Tan actually mean? Trigonometry explained for Beginners!

Sine, Cosine, and Tangent can often be confusing concepts. I for one was very confused when I was first introduced to the words sin cos and tan back in school. It took me several years of studying mathematics to gain a concrete understanding of these words. This video focusses on giving the viewer a visual understanding of trigonometry.

I shot most of the video outdoors to give students a virtual breath of fresh air to help them through their studying.

[Sam-nmnk]

breaks into high security nuclear facility on a bicycle, lays down in field and talks about math for a bit then develops super human intelligence after exposure to experimental radiation. All in the name of educating the masses. What a MathPunk.

[iangibbon]

I was a Structural Engineer, but always struggled with sin, cosine and tan. The university didn't explain it they way you did. Now at 71 years old I get it thanks to you. A bit late, but just so cool. Thank you.

[nathanjohnson]

You can only really get math through total understanding of a principle, and then using that principle you can understand another and another and so on. Schools prioritize memory tricks over complete understanding and so often leads to a collapse of understanding and interest. This video is not only amazing but should be used as a standard for how and why slow built understanding is far better than quick memory tricks. Well done!

[phnehme]

Was honestly my biggest question in school. What IS it? When teachers teach application without the theoretical side of things they think they're helping but for people who need to understand the scope first this helps a lot!

[kx]

6:50 hahaha this guys is tryna teach us math while an entire war is going on in the background

[ant]

My god! You did the impossible. I've learnt the intuition behind these trig functions. You sir are a mathematical hero!

[mromen]

Your a very different teacher... Never seen people like this in ages...

[emilyj.]

i bs-ed my way through math and after 2 years of learning sin cos tan i finally understand what it actually means now. Thank you so much.

[MrVlasovIlya]

Jay, this was amazing. Please post more videos. You’re a natural teacher.

[toptech]

Bruh I'm happy and sad at same time...happy because i found this video and sad because this is the only video on your channel..u haven't Posted anything from past 1 year😢

[bluestripes]

I'm extremely grateful for your explanation.. As a novice, it was bothering me that I was numbly "getting it right" without a clue as to what meaning any of trig had.

[lpcoral]

now I can sleep in peace. Thanks for answering one of my existential doubts

[mobilelegenduk]

Shame he only had one video on his channel. A true talent in creating content and teaching this type of stuff. He can really go far with it.

[anon-nxqe]

learning Trigonometry in a warzone with jay is how I spend my Tuesdays.

[zeeshanhaider]

truly conceptual.. love this way of teaching, which flows so logically. No need to memorize, just a step by step visual concept building.. Bra jobbat

[teruelryanpaul]

This guy just chilling and decided to make a math video what a champ

[no-delg]

Please my man complete uploading videos dont give up you are perfect just the youtube logarithm was unfair

[lotsandmore]

You don't know how much I'm super excited.... You just explained my four years mystery in 30 minutes and if have skipped ur video by seeing the time extent, I wouldn't have solved this mystery... Thank you and put more videos

[israeltor]

Everyone has different learning styles, and the way this video explained the meaning of these terms was exactly what I needed to fully understand the utility of these functions. Thank you for your patience and style of explaining!

[xidengmao]

Brilliant mate. U have a natural ability to teach. We need some more videos please.