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Advanced Trigonometry
Trig Identities
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Quadrant 2
Quadrant 1
Quadrant 3
Quadrant 4
Sine
function is
positive
All functions
are positive
Tangent
Cosine
function is
positive
function is
positive
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Trigonometric Functions
The real power of trigonometry is in the results you get when you use trigonometric
functions to describe natural phenomena. Lets see what the graphs of sin(x), cos(x) and
tan(x) look like.
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3/2
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3/2
X
/2
3/2
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Example 1:
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Example 4:
Solve
This may look daunting but we can use one of our trig identities to simplify and make it a lot
easier to solve. Sub in the identity tan(x) = sin(x)/cos(x):
Example 5:
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Example 6:
12 m
9m
Try solving for the opposite side using the sine and cosecant functions!
Example 7:
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