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[โ€“] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

have you ever played a video game where you're throwing a grenade and the UI shows you where the grenade will land?

Just trying to think of the most basic uses of trig that would occur.

[โ€“] lorty@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Without learning about how the trigonometric relationships of a throw relate to the physics of it, I don't think a person that sees no value in knowing trig, sin and cos would change their mind.