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once upon a time. . .

There were two families…

the Tanu the Tanv

family family

The families

were great

friends and

enjoyed

spending

time together time together

as their

children grew

up.

Once Sinbad and Cosette got to high Once Sinbad and Cosette got to high school, things changed. Sinbad, after spending so much time with Cosette

as a child, fell in love with her.

Unfortunately, Cosette didn’t feel

the same way.

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Sinbad made his brother and Cosette’s sister sit

together in the back seat while he and Cosette sat

in the front.

Sinbad loved to tell people that his and Sinbad loved to tell people that his and Sinbad loved to tell people that his and Sinbad loved to tell people that his and

Cosette's signs were the same.Cosette's signs were the same.Cosette's signs were the same.Cosette's signs were the same.

If Cosette drove, she made sure that Sinbad sat in the backseat with his brother and her brother and her sister sat in front.

She made sure everyone knew that their signs were NOT the same.

Sinbad was ecstatic when the families got

together, but Cosette was miserable. She

was the only one of the two families that

didn’t enjoy their time together.

How does the story end?

Like a lot of teenagers, Sinbad and Cosette moved on. They

both went to college, found new people to love, got

married, and had kids. But 60 years later, when both of married, and had kids. But 60 years later, when both of

their spouses had passed away of natural causes, they

happened to meet up again….

and they lived happily ever after.ever after.

The Moral of the Story:

Some of the people to whom we are attracted

are not attracted to us. It is not unusual for a

person who has shown interest in us to later

lose interest in us. Maybe that is a good thing, lose interest in us. Maybe that is a good thing,

because it forces us to date a lot of people and

to become more experienced in maintaining

relationships.

The 2nd Moral of the Story:

Trigonometry is everywhere!

TO SUMMARIZE:TO SUMMARIZE:TO SUMMARIZE:TO SUMMARIZE:

When Sinbad drives:

sin(u + v) =

When Cosette drives: When Cosette drives:

cos (u + v) =

When the families get together:

tan (u + v) =