Trigonometry The study of triangles sides and angles



















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Trigonometry: The study of triangles (sides and angles) Trigonometry has been used for centuries in the study of: astronomy surveying geography engineering www. thevisualclassroom. com physics
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B p y h A adj opp C SOH CAH TOA www. thevisualclassroom. com
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Use a calculator to determine the following ratios. sin 21° = 0. 3584 cos 53° = 0. 6018 tan 72° = 3. 0777 www. thevisualclassroom. com
Determine the following angles (nearest degree). sin A = 0. 4142 ÐA = sin-1(0. 4142) = 24° cos B = 0. 6820 ÐB = cos-1(0. 6820) = 47° tan C = 1. 562 ÐC = tan-1(1. 562) = 57° www. thevisualclassroom. com
Determine the following angles (nearest degree). sin A = = 0. 5833 cos B = = 0. 2666 tan C = = 1. 875 www. thevisualclassroom. com ÐA = sin-1(0. 5833) = 36° ÐB = cos-1(0. 2666) = 75° ÐC = tan-1(1. 875) = 62°
Example 1: Determine side a hyp SOH CAH TOA A B m c 6 opp a 30º C a = 6 sin 30° a = 6 (0. 5) a = 3 cm www. thevisualclassroom. com
Ex. 2: Name two trig ratios that will allow us to calculate side b. 9 m B 50º 40º A www. thevisualclassroom. com b C
Example 3: Determine side b B 55º SOH CAH TOA 8 cm A b = 8 tan 55° b = 8 (1. 428) b = 11. 4 cm www. thevisualclassroom. com ad C j b opp
Example 4: Determine the measure of ÐP. t n e c cm ÐP = cos– 1(0. 70588) Q m c 7 1 ÐP = 45. 1° P www. thevisualclassroom. com R 12 cos P = 0. 70588 adja SOH CAH TOA o p y h e s u ten
Example 5: Determine the measure of side PR. opp adj R q 12 cm Method 1 q(tan 35°) = 12 35° Q q = 17. 1 cm www. thevisualclassroom. com P
q 12 ÐQ = 55° cm Example 6: Determine the measure of side PR. Method 2 adj opp R ÐQ = 90° – 35° q = 12(tan 55°) q = 12(1. 428) q = 17. 1 cm www. thevisualclassroom. com Q 55° 35° P
Ex. 7: In DPQR, ÐQ = 90°. R 8 c m a) Find sin R if PR = 8 cm and PQ = 4 cm. b) Find cos R. RQ 2 = 82 – 42 RQ 2 = 64 – 16 RQ 2 = 48 www. thevisualclassroom. com P 4 cm Q