# [Algebra](/content/learn/algebra/index.html) › Finding the average

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Discover how to find the "average" of numbers

**CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.SP.B.5C**

Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered.

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[Complementary angles](/content/learn/geometry/complementary/index.html)

Learn about complementary and supplementary angles

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[Coterminal angles](/content/learn/geometry/coterminal-angles/index.html)

What about angles bigger than 360 degrees?

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[Vertical angles](/content/learn/geometry/vertical-angles/index.html)

Angles on opposite sides of intersecting lines

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[Corresponding angles](/content/learn/geometry/corresponding-angles/index.html)

Parallel lines form congruent angles in matching places

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[Alternate interior angles](/content/learn/geometry/alternate-interior-angles/index.html)

Congruent angles INSIDE parallel lines

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[Alternate exterior angles](/content/learn/geometry/alternate-exterior-angles/index.html)

Congruent angles OUTSIDE parallel lines

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Triangles

[Polygons](/content/learn/geometry/polygons/index.html)

A fancy name for shapes with straight sides

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[Congruence](/content/learn/geometry/congruence/index.html)

When line segments, angles, or shapes are the same

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[Triangles](/content/learn/geometry/triangles/index.html)

Introducing triangles and three different types of them

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[180 degrees in a triangle](/content/learn/geometry/triangle-180/index.html)

See if it's really true, and then prove it!

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[Triangles by angle](/content/learn/geometry/triangle-angles/index.html)

Learn about right, acute, and obtuse triangles

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[Altitudes](/content/learn/geometry/altitudes/index.html)

Perpendicular line segments in triangles

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[Medians of triangles](/content/learn/geometry/triangle-median/index.html)

Line segments connecting vertices and midpoints

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[Isosceles triangles](/content/learn/geometry/isosceles-angles/index.html)

They have two equal sides, but what about their angles?

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[Triangle inequality](/content/learn/geometry/triangle-inequality/index.html)

The rules a triangle's side lengths always follow

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[Big angles, longer sides](/content/learn/geometry/triangle-compare/index.html)

In triangles, sides and their opposite angles are related!

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Triangle congruence and similarity

[Similarity](/content/learn/geometry/similarity/index.html)

When they have the same shape, but different sizes

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[Similar ratios](/content/learn/geometry/similar-ratios/index.html)

Use similarity to find unknown side lengths!

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[SSS Postulate](/content/learn/geometry/triangles-sss/index.html)

Using sides to see if triangles are congruent

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[SAS Postulate](/content/learn/geometry/triangles-sas/index.html)

Congruence check using two sides and the angle between

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[ASA Postulate](/content/learn/geometry/triangles-asa/index.html)

Congruence check using two angles and the side between

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[AAS Postulate](/content/learn/geometry/triangles-aas/index.html)

The final congruence check for triangles

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[AA Postulate (Similarity)](/content/learn/geometry/triangles-aa/index.html)

Triangles are similar when they have matching angles

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[SSA (ambiguous case)](/content/learn/geometry/triangles-ssa/index.html)

Depending on the sides, you can have 0, 1, or 2 triangles!

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Polygons and quadrilaterals

[Quadrilaterals](/content/learn/geometry/quads/index.html)

Learn about rectangles, rhombi, and more!

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[Regular polygons](/content/learn/geometry/regular-polygons/index.html)

Polygons with equal sides and angles

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[Perimeter](/content/learn/geometry/perimeter/index.html)

Tricks for finding the distance around a shape

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[Angles in polygons](/content/learn/geometry/polygon-180/index.html)

Find a formula for the sum of the angles in any polygon

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[Parallelogram angles](/content/learn/geometry/parallelogram-angles/index.html)

Opposite angles are congruent in parallelograms

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[Parallelogram sides](/content/learn/geometry/parallelogram-sides/index.html)

Opposite sides are congruent in parallelograms

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[Paralleogram diagonals](/content/learn/geometry/parallelogram-diagonals/index.html)

In parallelograms, diagonals always bisect each other

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[Rectangle diagonals](/content/learn/geometry/rectangle-diagonals/index.html)

Rectangles always have two congruent diagonals

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[Rhombus diagonals](/content/learn/geometry/rhombus-diagonals/index.html)

In rhombi, the diagonals are always perpendicular

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[Trapezoid angles](/content/learn/geometry/trapezoid-angles/index.html)

Supplementary pairs of angles in trapezoids

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Area of polygons

[Intro to area](/content/learn/geometry/area/index.html)

Measuring how much space is inside a shape

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[Rectangle area](/content/learn/geometry/rectangle-area/index.html)

Discover the formula for the area of a rectangle

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[Parallelogram area](/content/learn/geometry/parallelogram-area/index.html)

Discover the formula for the area of a parallelogram

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[Triangle area](/content/learn/geometry/triangle-area/index.html)

Discover a formula for the area of any triangle

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[Trapezoid area](/content/learn/geometry/trapezoid-area/index.html)

Discover the formula for the area of a trapezoid

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[Rhombus area](/content/learn/geometry/rhombus-area/index.html)

Find a rhombus' area using its diagonals

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The Pythagorean theorem

[Pythagorean theorem](/content/learn/geometry/pythagorean-theorem/index.html)

How the sides of right triangles are related

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[Pythagorean triples](/content/learn/geometry/pythagorean-triples/index.html)

When whole numbers are the sides of right triangles

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[Generating triples](/content/learn/geometry/pythagorean-triples-generate/index.html)

Ways to write out every last Pythagorean triple

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[Distance formula](/content/learn/geometry/distance-formula/index.html)

Find the distance between any two points

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[Equilateral area](/content/learn/geometry/equilateral-area/index.html)

Finding the area of equilateral and isosceles triangles

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[Heron's formula](/content/learn/geometry/herons-formula/index.html)

Another way to find the area of a triangle

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[Proving Heron's formula](/content/learn/geometry/herons-formula-proof/index.html)

You might know the formula, but where does it come from?

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Circles, ellipses, and their areas

[Circles](/content/learn/geometry/circles/index.html)

An intro to circles, radii, diameters, and chords

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[Circumference and Pi](/content/learn/geometry/circumference/index.html)

Find the distance around a circle (and then eat some pi)

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[Size of the Earth](/content/learn/geometry/earth-size/index.html)

Use shadows to measure the Earth's circumference!

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[Ellipses](/content/learn/geometry/ellipse/index.html)

What you get when you "stretch" a circle

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[Area of a circle](/content/learn/geometry/circle-area/index.html)

Using circumference to find a circle's area

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[Cavalieri's principle](/content/learn/geometry/cavalieri-2d/index.html)

Comparing shapes to find areas of the unusual ones

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[Ellipse area](/content/learn/geometry/ellipse-area/index.html)

Calculate how many people can fit on the Ellipse in DC

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[Areas of complex shapes](/content/learn/geometry/combining-areas/index.html)

Add and subtract the ares of simpler shapes!

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Angles in circles

[Central angles and arcs](/content/learn/geometry/central-angle/index.html)

As you'll see, there are 360 degrees in every circle

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[Inscribed angles](/content/learn/geometry/inscribed-angle/index.html)

Discover how inscribed angles are related to central angles!

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[Inscribing the diameter](/content/learn/geometry/inscribed-diameter/index.html)

Prove that inscribed angles drawn to diameters are right

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[Arc length](/content/learn/geometry/arc-degrees/index.html)

Finding a formula for the length of any arc

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[Sector area](/content/learn/geometry/sector-degrees/index.html)

How to find the area of any slice of a circle

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Lines in circles

[Secant and tangent lines](/content/learn/geometry/circle-lines/index.html)

Some lines cross circles twice, others touch them only once

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[Congruent tangents](/content/learn/geometry/congruent-tangents/index.html)

Prove that tangents from the same point are congruent

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[Circumscribed angles](/content/learn/geometry/circumscribed-angle/index.html)

Discover how angles between tangents are related to arcs

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[Parallel chords](/content/learn/geometry/parallel-chords/index.html)

Prove that the arcs between them are always congruent

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[Intersecting chords](/content/learn/geometry/chord-product/index.html)

Discover a rule for how intersecting chords relate

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[Cyclic quadrilaterals](/content/learn/geometry/cyclic-quad/index.html)

See how their opposite angles are related!

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[Intersecting secants](/content/learn/geometry/secant-product/index.html)

Like chords, intersecting secants are also related!

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[Inscribed circles](/content/learn/geometry/inscribed-circle/index.html)

Calculate the radius of any inscribed circle

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Volume

[Intro to solids](/content/learn/geometry/shapes-3d/index.html)

Learn the names and features of 3D shapes

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[Rectangular prisms](/content/learn/geometry/prism-volume/index.html)

Discover how to find the volume of any box!

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[Prism volume](/content/learn/geometry/other-prism-volume/index.html)

Find the volume of prisms and cylinders

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[Cavalieri's Principle (3D)](/content/learn/geometry/cavalieri-3d/index.html)

Instead of matching widths, you'll be matching areas!

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[Pyramid volume](/content/learn/geometry/pyramid-volume/index.html)

Starting with a cube, discover the pyramid volume formula

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[Cone volume](/content/learn/geometry/cone-volume/index.html)

Find the volume of any cone, and learn about slant height

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[Sphere volume](/content/learn/geometry/sphere-volume/index.html)

Use Cavalieri's principle to find the volume of a sphere

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Surface area

[Prism surface area](/content/learn/geometry/prism-surface/index.html)

Learn why ice is commonly shaped into cubes

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[Pyramid surface area](/content/learn/geometry/pyramid-surface/index.html)

Find a pyramid's surface area using squares and triangles

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[Cylinder surface area](/content/learn/geometry/cylinder-surface/index.html)

Unroll any cylinder to find its surface area!

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[Cone surface area](/content/learn/geometry/cone-surface/index.html)

Discover and use the formula for a cone's surface area!

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[Sphere surface area](/content/learn/geometry/sphere-surface/index.html)

Find the the total area of a sphere's curved surface

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[Internal diagonals](/content/learn/geometry/internal-diagonal/index.html)

What's the distance between opposite corners of a cube?

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Transformations

[Translation](/content/learn/geometry/translation/index.html)

Moving points and shapes in the coordinate plane

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[Rotation](/content/learn/geometry/rotation/index.html)

Rotating points and shapes around the origin

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[Reflection](/content/learn/geometry/reflection/index.html)

Flipping across different axes (and the origin)

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[Dilation](/content/learn/geometry/stretch/index.html)

Stretching shapes in one or two directions

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[Preserving congruence](/content/learn/geometry/preserving-congruence/index.html)

See which transformations keep things congruent

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[Symmetry](/content/learn/geometry/symmetry/index.html)

When reflection or rotation doesn't change anything

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Geometric optics

[Why light bends](/content/learn/geometry/refraction/index.html)

Using Fermat's principle to understand refraction

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[Rainbows explained](/content/learn/geometry/rainbow/index.html)

Use refraction to understand rainbows and their features

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Radians

[What's a "radian"?](/content/learn/trigonometry/radians/index.html)

Discover another way to measure angles.

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[Radians and degrees](/content/learn/trigonometry/radians-conversion/index.html)

How to switch back and forth between units for angles

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[Lengths of circular arcs](/content/learn/trigonometry/arc-radian/index.html)

A formula for arc length in terms of radius and angle

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[Sectors](/content/learn/trigonometry/sector-area/index.html)

Learn what a sector is, and a formula for finding its area

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Trig functions

[Sides of right triangles](/content/learn/trigonometry/side-names/index.html)

Your friendly hypotenuses, opposites, and adjacents

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[Sine](/content/learn/trigonometry/sine/index.html)

Your very first trig function

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[Cosine](/content/learn/trigonometry/cosine/index.html)

Along with sine, cosine is a fundamental trig function

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[Tangent](/content/learn/trigonometry/tangent/index.html)

Another important trig function (like sine and cosine)

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[Components (and cops)](/content/learn/trigonometry/components/index.html)

Find legs of right triangles, and don't get pulled over!

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[Sec, Csc, and Cot](/content/learn/trigonometry/secant/index.html)

Secant and friends (three more trig functions)

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Special angles

[45 degrees](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-45/index.html)

Calculate the sine, cosine, and tangent of 45 degrees

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[30/60 degrees](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-30/index.html)

Calculate the sine, cosine, and tangent of 30 and 60 degrees

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[0/90 degrees](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-90/index.html)

Calculate the sine, cosine, and tangent of 0 and 90 degrees

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The unit circle

[Trig for larger angles](/content/learn/trigonometry/larger-angles/index.html)

What's sin(250)? Use the unit circle to tackle bigger angles

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[Trig for negative angles](/content/learn/trigonometry/negative-angles/index.html)

Using the unit circle for trig with negative angles

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[Trig for coterminals](/content/learn/trigonometry/coterminal-trig/index.html)

How trig functions are related for coterminal angles

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Inverse trig functions

[Inverse sine](/content/learn/trigonometry/inverse-sin/index.html)

A function that takes you from side ratios to angles

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[Inverse cosine](/content/learn/trigonometry/inverse-cos/index.html)

Another inverse trig function

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[Inverse tangent](/content/learn/trigonometry/inverse-tan/index.html)

And one last inverse trig function!

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Trig identities

[Trig identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-intro/index.html)

The tools for simplifying trig expressions

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[Addition identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-addition/index.html)

Simplify trig functions of sums

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[Negative angle identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-negative/index.html)

Simplify trig functions of negative angles

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[Subtraction identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-difference/index.html)

Simplify trig functions of differences

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[Double angle identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-double/index.html)

Trig functions of twice an angle

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[Triple angle identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-triple/index.html)

Trig functions of three times an angle

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[Pythagorean identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-pythagorean/index.html)

Relating squares of trig functions

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[Half angle identities](/content/learn/trigonometry/trig-identities-half/index.html)

Trig functions of half an angle

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Triangle formulas

[Law of sines](/content/learn/trigonometry/law-of-sines/index.html)

Relating angles and opposite sides for any triangle

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[Triangulation](/content/learn/trigonometry/triangulation/index.html)

Real-​world application of the law of sines to find distances

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[Law of cosines](/content/learn/trigonometry/law-of-cosines/index.html)

Relating three sides and an angle for any triangle

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[Triangle area: SAS](/content/learn/trigonometry/triangle-area-sas/index.html)

Find a triangle's area using 2 sides and the angle between

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Take the next step in Algebra! Here we'll introduce the most common functions you're likely to see, and different ways to describe functions.

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Real numbers

[Integers](/content/learn/precalculus/integers/index.html)

Whole numbers, positives, and negatives

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[Rationals](/content/learn/precalculus/rationals/index.html)

Numbers that are quotients of integers

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[Irrationals](/content/learn/precalculus/irrationals/index.html)

Numbers that are NOT quotients of integers

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[Real numbers](/content/learn/precalculus/reals/index.html)

All the rationals and the irrationals

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Imaginary and complex numbers

[Imaginary numbers](/content/learn/precalculus/imaginary/index.html)

Their squares are negative!

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[Working with imaginaries](/content/learn/precalculus/imaginary-operations/index.html)

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide imaginary numbers

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[Complex numbers](/content/learn/precalculus/complex-numbers/index.html)

Combining the real and the imaginary

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[The complex plane](/content/learn/precalculus/complex-plane/index.html)

A way to graph complex numbers

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[Powers of _i_](/content/learn/precalculus/powers-of-i/index.html)

Raising _i_ to positive and negative integer powers

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Functions

[Relations](/content/learn/precalculus/relations/index.html)

Sets of (x,y) coordinates

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[Functions](/content/learn/precalculus/functions/index.html)

Relations where each input gives exactly one output

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[Functional notation](/content/learn/precalculus/functional-notation/index.html)

Explore what f(x) means, and evaluate functions

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[Continuity and smoothness](/content/learn/precalculus/continuity/index.html)

Some functions end and others keep going

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[Describing functions](/content/learn/precalculus/describing-functions/index.html)

Make your own functions, and live to tell the tale

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[Concavity](/content/learn/precalculus/concavity/index.html)

Math-​talk for "curvy"

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[Odd and even functions](/content/learn/precalculus/odd-even/index.html)

Turns out functions can be "odd" and "even" too

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Exponents

Logarithms

Playing with functions

[Piecewise functions](/content/learn/precalculus/piecewise/index.html)

Franken-​functions. They're alive!

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[Compositions](/content/learn/precalculus/compositions/index.html)

Functions of functions

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Conic sections

Rational functions

Polar functions

The mathematics of change. And it'll use just about every branch of math you've learned before it.

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Limits

[Limits to infinity](/content/learn/calculus/horizontal-asymptotes/index.html)

What happens to functions as _x_ gets really, really big?

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[Vertical limits](/content/learn/calculus/vertical-asymptotes/index.html)

Sometimes _y_ goes off to infinity

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[Finite limits](/content/learn/calculus/finite-limits/index.html)

Limits when both _x_ and _y_ stay finite

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[One-sided limits](/content/learn/calculus/one-sided-limits/index.html)

Limits that come from only the left or right side

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[Continuity (for real)](/content/learn/calculus/discontinuities/index.html)

Dive deeper into continuity, using one-​sided limits

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[Splitting limits](/content/learn/calculus/limit-rules/index.html)

Tricks for simplifying limits (and when they don't work!)

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Derivatives

[Tangent lines](/content/learn/calculus/tangent-lines/index.html)

Finding the "slope" of a curve

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[Drawing derivatives](/content/learn/calculus/drawing-derivatives/index.html)

Learn what a derivative is, and draw your own

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Integrals

Series

The math of data collection and analysis. Very useful for finding trends and making predictions!

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Sensitivity analysis

[Sensitivity and specificity](/content/learn/statistics/sensitivity/index.html)

Quantifying whether tests for diseases are any good

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[Predictive value](/content/learn/statistics/predictive-value/index.html)

If you test positive/negative, what are your chances?

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[Cutoffs and ROCs](/content/learn/statistics/test-cutoff/index.html)

Sensitivity vs. specifity, cutoff selection, and ROC curves

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[Prevalence](/content/learn/statistics/prevalence/index.html)

How rare a disease is, and how it affects PPV and NPV

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Distributions

Regression analysis

Hypothesis testing

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