I once had an organic chemistry teacher who digressed so badly that many of his students were failing. Instead of discussing course material, he would go off on some story about industrial chemistry. He actually became a “bottleneck” for chemistry majors trying to graduate. The administration finally cracked down on him and told him to work from an outline. Taking the course for the third time, I was amazed to see him give a coherent, relevant lecture. He never did it again.
This gave me flashbacks to the nightmare I had of showing up for a calculus final and I was out the whole semester! (Wait! I don’t think that was a dream…!)
That’s not a tangent and apparently all the above “math nerds” failed. A tangent only touches a curve at ONE point and never crosses it (this also means you can’t have a line that’s tangent to a steady infinite sine wave.)
eromlig about 3 years ago
Not until he finds someone to cosine.
Farside99 about 3 years ago
Oh great! He’s doing the wave again!
Zykoic about 3 years ago
This is what differentiates us.
Digital Frog about 3 years ago
Time to hit the bar graph
rekam Premium Member about 3 years ago
Ralph’s right.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 3 years ago
This comic is the scene of a serial offense – a math punning.
Baarorso about 3 years ago
He’s heading off on another TANGENT? Well, that’s not a good SINE! ;D
Qiset about 3 years ago
The slope of a sine wave is a cosine wave.
Doug K about 3 years ago
The second graph appears to be jealous.
Doug K about 3 years ago
Sometimes “going off on a tangent” is better (more fun, interesting, worthwhile) than the original “course”/“plan”.
Andrew Sleeth about 3 years ago
At least she’s not being obtuse about it.
zeexenon about 3 years ago
Well, the power is in the RMS!
Steverino Premium Member about 3 years ago
If it wasn’t for geometry, life would be pointless.
mistercatworks about 3 years ago
I once had an organic chemistry teacher who digressed so badly that many of his students were failing. Instead of discussing course material, he would go off on some story about industrial chemistry. He actually became a “bottleneck” for chemistry majors trying to graduate. The administration finally cracked down on him and told him to work from an outline. Taking the course for the third time, I was amazed to see him give a coherent, relevant lecture. He never did it again.
admiree2 about 3 years ago
Ooops, sorry but I am in the wrong room. Should have seen the Freaks and Geeks sine.
The Brooklyn Accent about 3 years ago
Can he graph his reciprocal function too? ’Cosecant.
paranormal about 3 years ago
It reminds me of the skier that ran smack dab into a tree…
Howard'sMyHero about 3 years ago
The calculus of this is simply blasphemous …!
Phydeux about 3 years ago
The evil axis.
NoSleepTil_BKLYN about 3 years ago
This gave me flashbacks to the nightmare I had of showing up for a calculus final and I was out the whole semester! (Wait! I don’t think that was a dream…!)
crazeekatlady about 3 years ago
Sine off STAT!!!!
spaced man spliff about 3 years ago
sine and cosine this bank loan application for me, pleez.
namelocdet about 3 years ago
My inner “Nerd” finds this hilarious. : P
RonBerg13 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Well, at least their reasoning isn’t circular.
prabbit237 about 3 years ago
That’s not a tangent and apparently all the above “math nerds” failed. A tangent only touches a curve at ONE point and never crosses it (this also means you can’t have a line that’s tangent to a steady infinite sine wave.)