Hipster Math Dude Needed...

[brandon184]

I need a hipster math dude (non-hipster math dudes need not apply!) to show me something...

I'm attempting to prove a trigonometric identity (not for fun, fortunately), but can't come up with the right solution. I emailed it to my H.S. Calc teacher, but he couldn't immediately pinpoint where my error was.

I've attached a copy of what I have. As you'll notice, I don't get why the result for the right side equation is negative! I'm assuming I made a mistake somewhere, and I'm assuming that there's a hipster math dude that can look at it for a few seconds, laugh, tell me I know nothing about the super-funky world of Math and then tell me where the mistake is.

Thanks in advance.

Brandon

[Knothead]

Hipster: "Uh, ah yeah, ah, baby, I saw a sign for a hipster cat, and like I dug it and thought I'd make the scene, ya know?"

Brandon: "Oh, hello, well I have this math hassle..."

Hipster: "Say wha'?"

Brandon: "Math. Math. I have a math problem..."

Hipster: "Chill, baby...There's a detox center down the street, I'm hip to the meth scene, baby, only I need some bread in front, dig?"

Brandon: "You hungry? Wanna sandwich?"

Hipster: "SAN-wich? ah-hahahaha...oh man, you is the bendin' end, baby..."

Brandon: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT??"

Hipster: "Oh man, don't be blowin' 'at bad jazz, I'll put a knot on you man...look, it's coo', it's coo ...I gotta be straight witcha, I got a monkey on my back, dig?"

Brandon: "That's good! Warthog's got a duck! They can play together!"

[brandon184]

I think you've got more experience in the world of Hipsters than you let on, Knothead.

[RedFury]

ROFLMAO!


Methinks people will think twice about how they "phrase" their posts about Math....

I think the obvious conclusion to all members of the community is..



We ain't all that good with the math.

[Knothead]

lol, Brandon! Just the great jazz music and the comedic insights provided by such greats as Lord Buckley and Lenny Bruce (who I stole the punchline from!)

Wish I could help with the math, but...gotta fly, baby...

[brandon184]

lol

You never know... There could be a hipster math dude that lurks around the forums looking for complex math equations to solve.

(I bet I'm just that much closer to revealing Warthog's true identity.. )

[HfdWolfPack]

Are you sure that is right-side up?

[originel]

it's a negative problem in line 7 and 8

it should read like this:

sin(x)(-sin^2(x)+sin(x))
------------------------
cos(x)(1-sin(x))

sin(x)(sin(x) - sin^2(x))
------------------------
cos(x)(1-sin(x))

sin^2(x)(1 - sin(x))
------------------------
cos(x)(1-sin(x))

etc...

edit: cause timo can't unicode apparently. replace x with theta

[Warthog]

Duck?! I am not Blazer in disguise damnit! Why does everyone keep mixing us up.

I'm going to move to Mongolia.

No wait.

I'll move to South America, be rich because of the exchange rate, find a latin beauty and settle down for the fine life...this is all IF latina k9 chicita isn't a go *sigh*

And who said I thread crap? I'm innocent

Outpatient - go clean your room.

Warthog

[MD1032]

OMG...I did those things in Algebra II last year. They're a real pain in the buttocks, if you know what I mean. UGH... you never thought proofs could be that evil...