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MCR 3U1 Unit 5 – Trigonometric Ratios Date: ___________

Lesson 1: Trigonometric Ratios of Acute Angles


Part A: Primary Trigonometric Ratios from Grade 10
Remember in Grade 10, when you were asked to calculate the height
of a tree, knowing you were 15 metres away from it and you had an
angle of elevation looking up to the tree of 30°. How did you solve
that problem??

You would have used primary trigonometric ratios – Sine, Cosine and Tangent! Those ratios have
been specifically designed to help us solve for missing side lengths and/or angles when working with
right triangles. Do you remember these ratios???

The three primary trigonometric ratios are set up as follows: hypotenuse

__________ SOH opposite

x
__________ CAH adjacent

Recall that right triangles can be labeled according to the


__________ TOA location of one of the acute angles in the triangle

Part B: Reciprocal Trigonometric Ratios

The reciprocal trigonometric ratio is exactly what you think it is – it’s the “flipped” (or reciprocated)
ratio for each of the primary trigonometric ratios. We use reciprocal ratios in certain problems where
using a primary ratio may be difficult to use.

The reciprocal trigonometric ratios are Cosecant, Secant and Cotangent and are defined as follows:

________ = _________ ________ = _________ ________ = _________

Most calculators do not have buttons for cosecant, secant or cotangent ratios. For example, you
would evaluate 20° as follows:

Do not use , or on your calculator to evaluate the reciprocal trigonometric ratios.


These keys are used determine the angle associated with a given primary ratio.
Note: The following is always true for each of the primary and reciprocal trigonometric ratios:
Sine and Cosine will always have Cosecant and Secant will always have Tangent and Cotangent can
ratios that are ____________ ratios that are ________________ have any range of values
(since the _____________ is in (since the _______________ is in the since the ______________
the denominator!) numerator!) is not used

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MCR 3U1 Unit 5 – Trigonometric Ratios

Part C: Examples of Primary and Reciprocal Trigonometric Ratios


Example 1: State the six trigonometric ratios for the following triangle as exact values.

5 cm
3 cm

A
C 4 cm

Example 2: State the reciprocal trigonometric ratio for each of the following primary ratios.
a) b)

Example 3: Evaluate each ratio to the nearest ten thousandth.


a) 23° b) 87°

Example 4: Determine the value of to the nearest degree.


a) 1.2458 b) 1.632

Example 5: Completely solve the given triangle. Round to the nearest degree, or nearest tenth of a cm.

w
y

63o
W Y
9.6 cm

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