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Geometry Unit 3 Right Triangle Trigonometry

The document discusses trigonometric ratios and their applications to right triangles. It defines trig functions including sine, cosine and tangent in terms of sides of a right triangle. It provides examples of using trig functions to find missing sides and angles of right triangles, including using special right triangles and reciprocal trig functions.

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Geometry Unit 3 Right Triangle Trigonometry

The document discusses trigonometric ratios and their applications to right triangles. It defines trig functions including sine, cosine and tangent in terms of sides of a right triangle. It provides examples of using trig functions to find missing sides and angles of right triangles, including using special right triangles and reciprocal trig functions.

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Pythagorean Theorem

• only works on right triangles.


• a and b are the legs, c is the hypotenuse

Ex.1 Find the missing side.

Ex.2 verify if it's a right triangle.


Trig Ratios
Trigonometry- the study of triangles.

Ratio- the relation between two quantities.

Adjacent side- the leg next to an acute


angle in a right triangle that is not the
hypotenuse.

Opposite side- the side across from an


angle in a triangle.

Hypotenuse- the side opposite the 90


degree angle in a right triangle.

Complementary angles- two angles whose


sum is 90 degrees.

Right triangle- a triangle with one angle


that measures 90 degrees.
Sine- opposite side
hypotenuse

Cosine- adjacent side


hypotenuse

Tangent- opposite side


adjacent side

Theta- a Greek letter commonly used to


refer to unknown angle measures.

Ex.1 Find all the trig functions for each


angle.
Solving for missing sides
• Choose the trig ratio that matches
the given information, then solve
for the missing side.
Solving for the missing angle
• Choose the trig ratio that matches
the given information, then solve
for the missing angle by using
arcsin, arccos, or arctan.

Ex.1 solve for the angle.


Ex.2 Solve for angle K.

Ex.3 Find angle B.


Reciprocal Trig Functions
Reciprocal- is a number that when multiplied by the
original the product is one.

Ex.1 Find cosecant, secant, and cotangent of angle C.


Ex.2 what are the secant, cosecant, and cotangent
ratios for an isosceles right triangle with legs that are
one unit long.
Ex.3 Evaluate each.

Special Right Triangles


• Right triangles whose angle measures
are 45-45-90 or 30-60-90.

45-45-90: the hypotenuse is ____ times as


long as the leg.
30-60-90: the hypotenuse is twice as long
as the shorter leg, and the longer leg is ___
times as long as the shorter leg.
Ex.1

Ex.2 Find the value of x.

Ex.3 Find the value of s and t.


Complements
• sinA = cosB, if A+B = 90

Confunction Identities

Ex.1 Find sin 28 if cos62 = 0.469

Ex.2 Find a value of X for which sinX = cos15.


Trig Application

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