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Making connections

These problems from Underground Mathematics encourage you to use and make connections between areas of mathematics. 

Parabella
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Parabella

Age
14 to 18
Challenge level
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Can you prove an algebraic statement using geometric reasoning?
Slices of pi
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Slices of pi

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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How are $\sin x$, $\cos x$ and $\tan x$ related to each other? Can you make sense of the the 'slices'?
Rotating derivatives
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Rotating derivatives

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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By considering a point on a unit circle, can you use geometry to find the derivatives of $\sin x$ and $\cos x$?