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Trigonometry

Here are the key steps to solve these trigonometric equations: 1. Isolate the trig function you want to solve for by collecting like terms on one side of the equation and everything else on the other side. 2. Use inverse trig functions to find the angle(s) that satisfy the equation. 3. Check your answers in the original equation. Let me know if any of these specific examples need more explanation!

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Trigonometry

Here are the key steps to solve these trigonometric equations: 1. Isolate the trig function you want to solve for by collecting like terms on one side of the equation and everything else on the other side. 2. Use inverse trig functions to find the angle(s) that satisfy the equation. 3. Check your answers in the original equation. Let me know if any of these specific examples need more explanation!

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Sin Graph

What do the following graphs look like?

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Suppose we know that sin(30) = 0.5. By thinking about symmetry in the


graph, how could we work out:

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sin(150) = 0.5 ?
sin(-30) = -0.5 sin(210) = - ?
0.5
Cos Graph
What does it look like?

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Suppose we know that cos(60) = 0.5. By thinking about symmetry in the


graph, how could we work out:

cos(120) = -? ?
cos(-60) = 0.5 cos(240) = - ?
0.5 0.5
Tan Graph
What does it look like?

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Suppose we know that tan(30) = 1/√3. By thinking about symmetry in


the graph, how could we work out:

tan(-30) = - ? tan(150) = ?
1/√3 -1/√3
Solving Trig Equations
 

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Laws of Trigonometric Functions

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Trigonometric Identities
Using basic trigonometry to
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Application #1: Solving Harder Trig Equations
 

The problem here is that we have two different trig functions. Is


there anything we could divide by to get just one trig function?

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have a mixture of sin and cos,
divide everything by cos.
Test Your Understanding
 

 
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Application #1: Solving Harder Trig Equations
June 2013 Paper 2 Q22
 

This looks a bit like a quadratic. What would be our usual strategy
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