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Angles Are Labeled With Capital Letters (A, B, C) While The Sides Opposite Them Are Labeled With The Corresponding Lower Case Letters (A, B, C) - A

Trigonometry involves measuring angles and sides of triangles. The three main trigonometric functions are sine, cosine, and tangent, which relate the measures of angles to the lengths of sides. Sine is opposite over hypotenuse, cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse, and tangent is opposite over adjacent. There are also reciprocal functions like cosecant, secant, and cotangent. Special right triangles like 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles have trigonometric values that can be determined without a calculator.

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Angles Are Labeled With Capital Letters (A, B, C) While The Sides Opposite Them Are Labeled With The Corresponding Lower Case Letters (A, B, C) - A

Trigonometry involves measuring angles and sides of triangles. The three main trigonometric functions are sine, cosine, and tangent, which relate the measures of angles to the lengths of sides. Sine is opposite over hypotenuse, cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse, and tangent is opposite over adjacent. There are also reciprocal functions like cosecant, secant, and cotangent. Special right triangles like 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles have trigonometric values that can be determined without a calculator.

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MODUL

Trigonometry means triangle measure


B

Angles are labeled with

Pythagorean Theorem
a2 + b2 = c2
hypotenuseuse

capital letters (A, B, C)


while the sides opposite

them are labeled with


the corresponding lower
case letters (a, b, c).

legs

opposite

hypotenuse the longest side of a right triangle; the side opposite


(across) from the right angle
legs the shorter two sides opposite the acute angles
adjacent means to be next to or touching
opposite means to be across from
Name
Symbol
Definition
Trigonometri
sine
sin
opposite side
hypotenuse
c Ratios
hypotenuse
cosine
cos
adjacent side
hypotenuse
tangent
tan
opposite side
adjacent side

1
Reciprocal
cosecant
hypotenuse
adjacent
csc = sin
Trigonometri
opposite side
1
c Ratios
secant
hypotenuse
sec = cos
adjacent side
1
cotangent
adjacent side
tan

cot =

opposite side

The hypotenuse is always the same regardless which acute angle you
label as . The adjacent and opposite sides will switch depending which
acute angle you label as .
SOH CAH TOA: mnemonics device for remembering right triangle
trig ratios
SOH CAH - TOA
Sine is Opposite over
Hypotenuse

Cosine is Adjacent
over Hypotenuse

Tangent is Opposite
over Adjacent

Examples: 1. Find the values for all 6 trig functions for angle A and
angle B.
B

sin(A) =
sin(B) =
cos(A) =
cos(B) =
tan(A) =
tan(B) =
C
A csc(A) =
csc(B) =
15cm
sec(A) =
sec(B) =
cot(A) =
cot(B) =
sin(A) is read the sin of A. Writing sin by itself is meaningless and
must be avoided. NAKED TRIG FUNCTIONS!
8 cm

2.

a. If sec = 6/5, then cos =


b. If sin = 0.8, then csc =

3. Find the six trig values for angle E.


E

7 in

3 in
D

sin(E) =

cos(E) =
tan(E) =
csc(E) =
sec(E) =
cot(E) =
If irrational numbers are encountered (numbers with radicals like 2 ),
they should be reduced and rationalized.
45-45-90 and 30-60-90 Right Triangles
Recall these special right triangles.

60

45

2x

x 2

45

30
x

x 3

Fill in the following chart using trig ratios. These are common angles, so
you should have these values memorized (concentrate on sine, cosine,
and tangent).

30

sin

cos

tan

csc

sec

cot

45
60

Look at the values that are the same in this chart. Do you notice a
pattern?

Example: Evaluate the following expressions w/o a calculator


a. cos 30 sec 30
b. (sin 60)2 + (cos 60)2
c. sin 45 cos 45

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