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Complementary Angles: Maths in Focus

This document discusses trigonometric identities for complementary angles. It provides definitions and examples of trigonometric ratios like sine, cosine, and tangent for complementary angles. It also gives examples of using these identities to simplify trigonometric expressions and solve for unknown variables in trigonometric equations.

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Complementary Angles: Maths in Focus

This document discusses trigonometric identities for complementary angles. It provides definitions and examples of trigonometric ratios like sine, cosine, and tangent for complementary angles. It also gives examples of using these identities to simplify trigonometric expressions and solve for unknown variables in trigonometric equations.

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294 Maths In Focus Mathematics Extension 1 Preliminary Course

adjacent
cos i =
hypotenuse
45
=
7
opposite
tan i =
adjacent
2
=
45
1
cot i =
tan i
45
=
2

Complementary angles

In D ABC, if+B = i, then +A = 90c - i (angle sum of a ∆)


b a
sin i= c sin (90c - i) = c
a b
cos i = c cos (90c - i) = c
b a
tan i = a tan (90c - i) =
b
c c
sec i = a sec (90c - i) =
b
c c
cosec i = cosec (90c - i) = a
b
a b
cot i = cot (90c - i) = a
b

From these ratios come the results.

sin i = cos (90° - i)


cos i = sin (90° - i)
sec i = cosec (90° - i)
cosec i = sec (90° - i)
tan i = cot (90° - i)
cot i = tan (90° - i)
Chapter 6 Trigonometry 295

EXAMPLES

1. Simplify tan 50c - cot 40c.

Solution
tan 50c = cot ] 90c - 50c g
= cot 40c
` tan 50c - cot 40c = tan 50c - tan 50c Check this answer on
your calculator.
=0

2. Find the value of m if sec 55c = cosec ] 2m - 15 g c.

Solution
sec 55c = cosec ] 90c - 55c g
= cosec 35c
` 2m - 15 = 35
2m = 50 Check this by substituting
m into the equation.
m = 25

6.1 Exercises
1. Write down the ratios of 3. Find the exact ratios of
cos i, sin i and tan i. sin b, tan b and cos b.

2. Find sin b, cot b and sec b.

4. Find exact values for cos x, tan x


and cosec x.

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