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By trigfail - 25/09/2010 08:57 - New Zealand

Today, I failed my trigonometry exam because my scientific calculator was on the wrong setting. FML

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albinoV 1

Saturday 25 September 2010 16:24

You had it set to "radian" when you wanted "degree" am I right?

tatiee_fml 0

Saturday 25 September 2010 16:21

Hahaha. And you didn't notice this at all...Shame on you, not the calculator.

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3ddie_the_head 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 0:24

Yes... Blame it on the calculator.

foxy1222 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 0:47

you wouldn't need a caculator if you used your brain or at least if you use a caculator check it first OP

hit4prez 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 1:03

happens to the best of us haha

relyo 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 1:37

Clearly you didn't see the sines that your answers were wrong.

DagnyTaggart 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 2:23

I did this before last year when I had a trig test, but the teacher let me retake the test. Yeah it was a bonehead move but it is possible if you're kind of spacey like me or the OP.

cherrycoke789 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 3:08

why do you need a calculator for the first chapter in trig?

mrmaks18 7

Sunday 26 September 2010 3:10

part of the test is setting the calculator in the correct mode I hope you do better next time

USMCalexwilcox 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 3:18

maybe your dumb ass should learn the difference between radians and degrees

artssfreak 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 3:54

LOL don't mix up ur degree and radian

ghoti_fml 0

Sunday 26 September 2010 5:00

YDI for not double checking before an exam.

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