Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S107

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Why Did You Cut Your Couch in Half?

Lisa A. Lister


Bloomsburg University

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ABSTRACT

Trigonometry is a subject that many students dislike and don't see the value of. They fail to realize that it has applications in many areas. Through the classroom activities we will be discussing in this presentation, students can see that trigonometry is interesting and has real value.

Keyword(s): trigonometry