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EX 4I – UNIT

CIRCLE
Learning intentions
• To know what the unit circle represents
• To understand how a point on a unit circle can be defined by coordinates
related to the cosine of the angle in its triangle and the sine of the angle
• To know the four quadrants of the unit circle and the sign and symmetry
properties in these quadrants for the trigonometric ratios
• To be able to identify in which quadrant an angle lies and determine
whether its different trigonometric ratios will be positive or negative
• To be able to write an angle in terms of its reference angle in the first
quadrant
• To know how tan can be expressed in terms of sin and cos
Trigonometry (from Greek trigonon "triangle" + metron "measure")
 Trigonometry is all about triangles.
 Trigonometry is good at find a missing side or angle in a triangle.
 The relationship is built on these ratios

 To explain how obtuse angles are used in trigonometry, we use what is known as
a unit circle. The unit circle helps us find any angles beyond 180 degrees.
Introducing the Unit Circle
The unit circle, is a circle with a radius 1 that is centred at
the origin

The equation of the unit circle is

The position of point P on the circle can be described by


relating the angle to the Cartesian coordinates x and y.

The unit circle is divided into 4 quadrants

All quadrants are equal in size (worth or ), with a complete


unit circle worth or

The quadrants are numbered in an anticlockwise direction


starting from the positive x and y quadrant.
As the radius is 1, the vertical height (y) for any point on
the unit circle is equivalent to sin(θ).
The horizontal distance (x) for any point on the unit
circle is equivalent to cos(θ).

From the triangle made with


Note: angles moving the radius the following
anticlockwise are associations can be
positive, angles moving established.
clockwise are negative

That means that for any point on the unit circle


P = (x, y) = (cos(θ), sin(θ))

Since this is based on a unit circle:


• the domain is which means that
• the range is which means that
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