Scot and the Pirate

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A simple mnemonic to help remember the definitions of sine, cosine, and tangent based on the values of x, y, and r.

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Scot and the Pirate A Trig Mnemonic: 

Scot and the Pirate A Trig Mnemonic Mr. Petersen (original concept by Thomas Moll) Gardner Edgerton High School Gardner, Kansas

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SC O T learned algebra from Pete the pirate… …but he was confused. “Wh y x ? Wh y x ?” he asked. In his pirate way, Pete just laughed! “A rr rrrrgh!” S C T y x y x r r Can ye factor that?

:o) (OK. So Mr. Petersen really IS crazy!): 

:o) (OK. So Mr. Petersen really IS crazy!)