Botanical Name

Narcissus 'Trigonometry'
Plant Common Name
Trigonometry Daffodil

The flowers of a Trigonometry Daffodil are of almost

geometric precision with their repeating patterns.
Repeating patterns occur in sound, light, tides, time,
and nature. To analyse these repeating, cyclical
patterns, we need to study the cyclical function branch
of trigonometry. Math 30-1 1
 Coterminal
Degrees Radians
Angles

Points on
Arc Length Unit Circle the Unit
Circle

Solving Solving
Trig Ratios
Problems Equations
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 Standard
Position
Degrees
Angles

Angle
Conversion
Coterminal
Angles
Radians
Arc Length

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Circular Functions
Angles can be measured in:
Degrees: common unit used in geometry
1
part of a circle
360

Radian: common unit used in Trigonometry

1
part of a circle
2

Gradient: not common unit, used in surveying

1
part of a circle
400
Revolutions: angular velocity
radians per second
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To study circular functions, we must consider
angles of rotation.
Angles in Standard Position

y
Terminal arm


vertex Initial arm x

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Positive or Negative Rotation Angle
y
If the terminal arm moves
counter-clockwise, angle
A A is positive.
x

y
If the terminal arm moves
x clockwise, angle A is
A negative.

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Benchmark/Special Angles (in degrees)
Sketch each rotation angle in standard position.
State the quadrant in which the terminal arm lies.

a) 400° b) -170°

c) 1280° d) -1020°

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Coterminal angles are angles in standard position that
share the same terminal arm. They also share the same
reference angle.
Rotation Angle 50°
Terminal arm is in quadrant ____
Positive Coterminal Angles:
(Counterclockwise)

Negative Coterminal Angles:

(Clockwise)

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Coterminal Angles in General Form

By adding or subtracting multiples of one full rotation,

you can write an infinite number of angles that are
coterminal with any given angle.
θ ± (360°)n, where n is any natural number

Why must n be a natural number?

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 Sketching Angles and Listing Coterminal Angles
Sketch the following angles in standard position. Identify all
coterminal angles within the domain -720° < θ < 720° . Express each
angle in general form.
a) 150° b) -240° c) 570°

Positive Positive Positive

Negative Negative Negative

General Form General Form General Form

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 Radian Measure: Trig and Calculus
The radian measure of an angle is the ratio of arc length
of a sector to the radius of the circle.

arc length
number of radians =
radius
a

r

When arc length = radius, the

angle measures one radian.
How many radians do you
think there are in one circle?

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Radian Measure
Construct arcs on the
circle that are equal in
length to the radius.
C  2 r

One full revolution is

2  6.283185307...
radians
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 Radian Measure
One radian is the measure of the central angle
subtended in a circle by an arc of equal length to the
radius.
a
 =   2 rads
r r
r s =r 2r

O r
1 radian
r

Angle
 = 1 revolution of 360 measures
without
r
units are
Therefore, 2π rad = 3600. considered
Or, π rad = 1800. to be in
radians.
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Benchmark Angles 
1.57 
Special Angles 2
3

Radians
4

6

3.14  0 2
6.28

3
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2
 Sketching Angles and Listing Coterminal Angles
Sketch the following angles in standard position. Identify all coterminal angles
within the domain -4π < θ < 4π . Express each angle in general form.

5
a)
6

Positive

Negative

General Form

16
 Sketching Angles and Listing Coterminal Angles
Sketch the following angles in standard position. Identify all coterminal angles
within the domain -4π < θ < 4π . Express each angle in general form.

4
b) 
3

Positive

Negative

General Form

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 Sketching Angles and Listing Coterminal Angles
Sketch the following angles in standard position. Identify all coterminal angles
within the domain -4π < θ < 4π . Express each angle in general form.

c) 10.47

Positive

Negative

General Form

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Angles and Coterminal Angles
Degrees and Radians

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