Trigonometry Handbook

MathHandbook
ofFormulas,ProcessesandTricks
Trigonometry
Preparedby:EarlL.Whitney,FSA,MAAA
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TrigonometryHandbook
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ofTrigonometry.Initscurrentform,thehandbookcoversmanyofthesubjectscontainedina
Trigonometrycourse,butisnotexhaustive.Inthemeantime,wearehopefulthatthismaterial
willbehelpfultothestudent.Revisionstothishandbookwillbeprovidedonwww.mathguy.us
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Trigonometry Handbook
Table of Contents
Page
Description
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6
7
7
7
8
9
Chapter1:FunctionsandSpecialAngles
Definitions(xandyaxes)
Radians
SineCosineRelationship
Definitions(RightTriangle)
SOHCAHTOA
TrigonometricFunctionsofSpecialAngles
TrigonometricFunctionValuesinQuadrantsII,III,andIV
UnitCircle
10
11
12
14
16
18
20
22
Chapter2:GraphsofTrigFunctions
BasicTrigFunctions
TableofTrigFunctionCharacteristics
SineFunction
CosineFunction
TangentFunction
CotangentFunction
SecantFunction
CosecantFunction
24
24
25
Chapter3:InverseTrigonometricFunctions
Definitions
PrincipalValuesandRanges
GraphsofInverseTrigFunctions
26
27
Chapter4:VerifyingTrigonometricIdentities
StepsInvolvedinVerification
Techniques
30
30
30
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
Chapter5:KeyAngleFormulas
AngleAdditionFormulas
DoubleAngleFormulas
HalfAngleFormulas
PowerReducingFormulas
ProducttoSumFormulas
SumtoProductFormulas
Cofunctions
LawofSines
LawofCosines
PythagoreanIdentities
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Description
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34
36
Chapter6:SolvinganObliqueTriangle
SummaryofMethods
TheAmbiguousCase
FlowchartfortheAmbiguousCase
37
37
38
38
Chapter7:AreaofaTriangle
GeometryFormula
Heron'sFormula
TrigonometricFormulas
CoordinateGeometryFormula
39
39
40
40
41
42
Chapter8:PolarCoordinates
Introduction
ConversionbetweenRectangularandPolarCoordinates
ExpressingComplexNumbersinPolarForm
OperationsonComplexNumbersinPolarForm
DeMoivre'sTheorem
DeMoivre'sTheoremforRoots
43
43
44
44
45
47
48
49
Chapter9:PolarFunctions
PartsofthePolarGraph
Symmetry
GraphingMethods
GraphingwiththeTI84PlusCalculator
GraphTypes(Circles,Roses,Limaons)
Rose
Cardioid
ConvertingBetweenPolarandRectangularFormsofEquations
50
50
50
51
52
53
53
53
Chapter10:Vectors
Introduction
SpecialUnitVectors
VectorComponents
VectorProperties
DotProduct
VectorProjection
OrthogonalComponentsofaVector
Work
54
AppendixA
SummaryofPolarandRectangularForms
55
Index
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Trigonometry
TrigonometricFunctions
TrigonometricFunctions
( and axes)
Radians(
0
30
45
60
90
sin
sin
csc
cos
cos
sec
tan
tan
1
tan
cot
sin
cos
cot
cot
1
cot
tan
cos
sin
sec
sec
cos
csc
csc
sin
0 radians
6
4
3
2
sin
radians
sin
radians
sin
cos
cos
cos
radians
radians
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Trigonometry
TrigonometricFunctionsandSpecialAngles
TrigonometricFunctions(RightTriangle)
SOHCAHTOA
sin
cos
tan
SpecialAngles
Radians
sin
sin
cos
cos
tan
tan
TrigFunctionsofSpecialAngles( )
Degrees
0
30
45
60
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Trigonometry
InquadrantsotherthanQuadrantI,trigonometricvaluesforanglesarecalculatedinthefollowing
manner:
DrawtheangleontheCartesianPlane.
Calculatethemeasureoftheanglefromthex
axisto.
Findthevalueofthetrigonometricfunctionof
theangleinthepreviousstep.
Assigna or signtothetrigonometric
valuebasedonthefunctionusedandthe
quadrantisin.
Examples:
inQuadrantIICalculate: 180
For
sin 60
120,baseyourworkon180
,so:
120
60
inQuadrantIIICalculate:
180
For
cos 30 ,so:
180
30
inQuadrantIVCalculate: 360
For
tan 45
1,so:
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TheUnitCircle
TheUnitCirclediagrambelowprovides and valuesonacircleofradius1atkeyangles.Atany

pointontheunitcircle,the coordinateisequaltothecosineoftheangleandthe coordinateis
equaltothesineoftheangle.Usingthisdiagram,itiseasytoidentifythesinesandcosinesofangles
thatrecurfrequentlyinthestudyofTrigonometry.
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Trigonometry
GraphsofBasic(Parent)TrigonometricFunctions
Thesineandcosecantfunctionsarereciprocals.So:
sin
1
csc
and
csc
sin
Thecosineandsecantfunctionsarereciprocals.So:
cos
1
sec
and
sec
cos
Thetangentandcotangentfunctionsarereciprocals.So:
tan
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SummaryofCharacteristicsandKeyPointsTrigonometricFunctionGraphs
Sine
Function:
Cosine
Tangent
Cotangent
Secant
Cosecant
ParentFunction
sin
Domain
cos
tan
, except
none
,where
none
Range
1, 1
1, 1
Period
,where isanInteger
intercepts
(1)
OddorEvenFunction
OddFunction
,where
isodd
EvenFunction
, except
,where
, except ,
where isanInteger
isodd
, 1 1,
,where isan
Integer
, 1 1,
csc
where isodd
,where isan
Integer
isodd
sec
, except ,
where isanInteger
where isodd
VerticalAsymptotes
cot
midwaybetween
asymptotes
midwaybetween
asymptotes
none
none
OddFunction
OddFunction
EvenFunction
OddFunction
sin
GeneralForm
Amplitude,Period,
PhaseShift,VerticalShift
when
| |,
(2)
cos
| |,
when
when
when
when
tan
| |,
Notes:
(1) Anoddfunctionissymmetricabouttheorigin,i.e.
| |,
| |,
verticalasymptote
csc
| |,
verticalasymptote
verticalasymptote
.Anevenfunctionissymmetricaboutthe axis,i.e.,
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sec
verticalasymptote
verticalasymptote
(2) AllPhaseShiftsaredefinedtooccurrelativetoastartingpointofthe axis(i.e.,theverticalline

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verticalasymptote
verticalasymptote
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Trigonometry
GraphofaGeneralSineFunction
GeneralForm
Thegeneralformofasinefunctionis:
Inthisequation,wefindseveralparametersofthefunctionwhichwillhelpusgraphit.Inparticular:
| |.Theamplitudeisthemagnitudeofthestretchorcompressionofthe
Amplitude:
functionfromitsparentfunction:
sin .
Period:
.Theperiodofatrigonometricfunctionisthehorizontaldistanceoverwhich
thecurvetravelsbeforeitbeginstorepeatitself(i.e.,beginsanewcycle).Forasineorcosine
function,thisisthelengthofonecompletewave;itcanbemeasuredfrompeaktopeakor
fromtroughtotrough.Notethat2istheperiodof
sin .
PhaseShift:
.Thephaseshiftisthedistanceofthehorizontaltranslationofthe
function.Notethatthevalueof inthegeneralformhasaminussigninfrontofit,justlike
doesinthevertexformofaquadraticequation:
.So,
o Aminussigninfrontofthe impliesatranslationtotheright,and
o Aplussigninfrontofthe impliesaimpliesatranslationtotheleft.
VerticalShift:
.Thisisthedistanceoftheverticaltranslationofthefunction.Thisis
equivalentto inthevertexformofaquadraticequation:
.
Example:
Themidlinehastheequationy D. Inthisexample,themidline
is:y 3.Onewave,shiftedtotheright,isshowninorangebelow.
Forthisexample:
;
| |
Amplitude:
Period:
VerticalShift:
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GraphingaSineFunctionwithNoVerticalShift:
Awave(cycle)ofthesinefunctionhasthreezeropoints(pointsonthexaxis)
atthebeginningoftheperiod,attheendoftheperiod,andhalfwayinbetween.
Example:
.
Step1:PhaseShift:
Thefirstwavebeginsatthe
point unitstotherightof
theOrigin.
Step2:Period:
.
,
Thepointis:
.Thefirst
Thefirstwaveendsatthe
wherethewavebegins.
waveendsatthepoint:
Step3:Thethirdzeropoint
islocatedhalfwaybetween
thefirsttwo.
The pointis:
Step4:The valueofthe
pointhalfwaybetweenthe
leftandcenterzeropointsis
" ".
The pointis:
centerandrightzeropoints
The pointis:
is .
Step6:Drawasmooth
curvethroughthefivekey
points.
Thiswillproducethegraph
ofonewaveofthefunction.
Step7:Duplicatethewave
totheleftandrightas
desired.
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Trigonometry
GraphofaGeneralCosineFunction
GeneralForm
Thegeneralformofacosinefunctionis:
Amplitude:
cos .
Period:
thecurvetravelsbeforeitbeginstorepeatitself(i.e.,beginsanewcycle).Forasineorcosine
function,thisisthelengthofonecompletewave;itcanbemeasuredfrompeaktopeakor
fromtroughtotrough.Notethat2istheperiodof
cos .
PhaseShift:
.So,
VerticalShift:
.
Example:
is:y 3.Onewave,shiftedtotheright,isshowninorangebelow.
Forthisexample:
;
| |
Amplitude:
Period:
VerticalShift:
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GraphingaCosineFunctionwithNoVerticalShift:
Awave(cycle)ofthecosinefunctionhastwomaxima(orminimaif
0)
oneatthebeginningoftheperiodandoneattheendoftheperiodanda
minimum(ormaximumif
0)halfwayinbetween.
Example:
.
Step1:PhaseShift:
Thefirstwavebeginsatthe
thepoint , .
Step2:Period:
,
,
Thepointis:
.Thefirst
Thefirstwaveendsatthe
wherethewavebegins.
waveendsatthepoint:
pointhalfwaybetweenthose
inthetwostepsaboveis
"
".
Thepointis:
leftandcenterextremais
" ".
Thepointis:
centerandrightextremais
" ".
Thepointis:
Step6:Drawasmooth
curvethroughthefivekey
points.
totheleftandrightas
desired.
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GraphofaGeneralTangentFunction
GeneralForm
Thegeneralformofatangentfunctionis:
Amplitude:
tan .
Period:
thecurvetravelsbeforeitbeginstorepeatitself(i.e.,beginsanewcycle).Foratangentor
cotangentfunction,thisisthehorizontaldistancebetweenconsecutiveasymptotes(itisalso
thedistancebetween intercepts).Notethatistheperiodof
tan .
PhaseShift:
.So,
VerticalShift:
.
Example:
is:y 3.Onecycle,shiftedtotheright,isshowninorangebelow.
Notethat,forthe
tangentcurve,we
typicallygraphhalf
oftheprincipal
cycleatthepoint
ofthephaseshift,
andthenfillinthe
otherhalfofthe
cycletotheleft
(seenextpage).
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GraphingaTangentFunctionwithNoVerticalShift:
Acycleofthetangentfunctionhastwoasymptotesandazeropoint halfwayin
between.Itflowsupwardtotherightif
0anddownwardtotherightif
Example:
0.
Step1:PhaseShift:
Thefirstcyclebeginsatthe
zeropoint unitstothe
rightoftheOrigin.
Step2:Period:
.
,
Thepointis:
Placeaverticalasymptote
beginningofthecycle.
Step3:Placeavertical
Theleftasymptoteisat:
unitstothe
leftofthebeginningofthe
cycle.
zeropointandtheright
asymptoteis" ".
The pointis:
leftasymptoteandthezero
pointis"
".
The pointis:
Step6:Drawasmooth
curvethroughthethreekey
points,approachingthe
asymptotesoneachside.
totheleftandrightas
desired.
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Note:If
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Trigonometry
GraphofaGeneralCotangentFunction
GeneralForm
Thegeneralformofacotangentfunctionis:
Amplitude:
cot .
Period:
thecurvetravelsbeforeitbeginstorepeatitself(i.e.,beginsanewcycle).Foratangentor
cotangentfunction,thisisthehorizontaldistancebetweenconsecutiveasymptotes(itisalso
thedistancebetween intercepts).Notethatistheperiodof
cot .
PhaseShift:
.So,
VerticalShift:
.
Example:
Notethat,forthe
cotangentcurve,
wetypicallygraph
theasymptotes
first,andthen
graphthecurve
betweenthem(see
nextpage).
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GraphingaCotangentFunctionwithNoVerticalShift:
Acycleofthecotangentfunctionhastwoasymptotesandazeropoint halfwayin
between.Itflowsdownwardtotherightif
0andupwardtotherightif
0.
Example:
.
Step1:PhaseShift:
Placeaverticalasymptote
unitstotherightofthe
axis.
Step2:Period:
.Theleft
asymptoteisat:
Placeanothervertical
asymptote unitstothe
rightofthefirstone.
Therightasymptoteisat:
Step3:Azeropointexists
halfwaybetweenthetwo
asymptotes.
Thepointis:
,
leftasymptoteandthezero
pointis" ".
The pointis:
zeropointandtheright
asymptoteis"
".
The pointis:
Step6:Drawasmooth
curvethroughthethreekey
points,approachingthe
totheleftandrightas
desired.
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GraphofaGeneralSecantFunction
GeneralForm
Thegeneralformofasecantfunctionis:
Amplitude:
sec .
Period:
thecurvetravelsbeforeitbeginstorepeatitself(i.e.,beginsanewcycle).Forasecantor
cosecantfunction,thisisthehorizontaldistancebetweenconsecutivemaximaorminima(itis
alsothedistancebetweeneverysecondasymptote).Notethat2istheperiodof
sec .
PhaseShift:
.So,
VerticalShift:
.
Example:
OnecycleofthesecantcurvecontainstwoUshapedcurves,one
openingupandoneopeningdown.
Forthisexample:
;
;
| |
Amplitude:
Period:
VerticalShift:
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GraphingaSecantFunctionwithNoVerticalShift:
Acycleofthesecantfunctioncanbedevelopedbyfirstplottingacycleofthe
correspondingcosinefunctionbecausesec
Thecosinefunctionszeropointsproduceasymptotesforthesecantfunction.
Maximaforthecosinefunctionproduceminimaforthesecantfunction.
Minimaforthecosinefunctionproducemaximaforthesecantfunction.
SecantcurvesareUshaped,alternatelyopeningupandopeningdown.
Theequationofthe
correspondingcosine
functionfortheexampleis:
Step1:Graphonewaveof
thecorrespondingcosine
function.
Example:
Step2:Asymptotesforthe
secantfunctionoccuratthe
zeropointsofthecosine
function.
Thezeropointsoccurat:
Step3:Eachmaximumof
thecosinefunction
representsaminimumfor
thesecantfunction.
Cosinemaximaand,
therefore,secantminimaare
Step4:Eachminimumof
thecosinefunction
representsamaximumfor
thesecantfunction.
Thecosineminimum and,
therefore,thesecant
, 0
Secantasymptotesare:
at:
and
, 4 and
maximumisat:
Step5:DrawsmoothU
shapedcurvesthrougheach
keypoint,approachingthe
,4
, 4
totheleftandrightas
desired.Erasethecosine
functionifnecessary.
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GraphofaGeneralCosecantFunction
GeneralForm
Thegeneralformofacosecantfunctionis:
Amplitude:
csc .
Period:
thecurvetravelsbeforeitbeginstorepeatitself(i.e.,beginsanewcycle).Forasecantor
cosecantfunction,thisisthehorizontaldistancebetweenconsecutivemaximaorminima(itis
alsothedistancebetweeneverysecondasymptote).Notethat2istheperiodof
csc .
PhaseShift:
.So,
VerticalShift:
.
Example:
OnecycleofthecosecantcurvecontainstwoUshapedcurves,one
openingupandoneopeningdown.
Forthisexample:
;
;
| |
Amplitude:
Period:
VerticalShift:
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GraphingaCosecantFunctionwithNoVerticalShift:
Acycleofthecosecantfunctioncanbedevelopedbyfirstplottingacycleofthe
correspondingsinefunctionbecausecsc
Thesinefunctionszeropointsproduceasymptotesforthecosecantfunction.
Maximaforthesinefunctionproduceminimaforthecosecantfunction.
Minimaforthesinefunctionproducemaximaforthecosecantfunction.
CosecantcurvesareUshaped,alternatelyopeningupandopeningdown.
Theequationofthe
correspondingsinefunction
fortheexampleis:
Step1:Graphonewaveof
thecorrespondingsine
function.
Example:
Step2:Asymptotesforthe
cosecantfunctionoccurat
thezeropointsofthesine
function.
Thezeropointsoccurat:
,0 ,
,0 ,
,0
Cosecantasymptotesare:
Step3:Eachmaximumof
thesinefunctionrepresents
aminimumforthecosecant
function.
Thesinemaximumand,
therefore,thecosecant
minimumisat: , 4
Step4:Eachminimumof
thesinefunctionrepresents
amaximumforthecosecant
function.
Thesineminimumand,
therefore,thecosecant
maximumisat:
Step5:DrawsmoothU
shapedcurvesthrougheach
keypoint,approachingthe
totheleftandrightas
desired.Erasethesine
functionifnecessary.
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Trigonometry
InverseTrigonometricFunctions
Inversetrigonometricfunctionsaskthequestion:whichangle hasafunctionvalueof ?Forexample:
sin
0.5 askswhichanglehasasinevalueof0.5.Itisequivalentto:sin
tan
1askswhichanglehasatangentvalueof1.Itisequivalentto:tan
0.5.
1.
PrincipalValuesofInverseTrigonometricFunctions
Thereareaninfinitenumberofanglesthatanswerthesequestions.
So,mathematicianshavedefinedaprincipalsolutionforproblems
involvinginversetrigonometricfunctions.Theanglewhichisthe
principalsolution(orprincipalvalue)isdefinedtobethesolutionthat
liesinthequadrantsidentifiedinthefigureatright.Forexample:
Thesolutionsto
2
sin
0.5are
.Thatis,thesetofallsolutionstothisequationcontainsthe
twosolutionsintheinterval 0, 2 ,aswellasallanglesthatare
integermultiplesof2 lessorgreaterthanthosetwoangles.
Giventheconfusionthiscancreate,mathematiciansdefineda
principalvalueforthesolutiontothesekindsofequations.
Theprincipalvalueof forwhich
sin
0.5liesinQ1because0.5ispositive,andis
RangesofInverseTrigonometricFunctions
Therangesoftheinversetrigonometric
functionsaretherangesoftheprincipalvalues
ofthosefunctions.Atablesummarizingthese
isprovidedinthetableatright.
RangesofInverseTrigonometricFunctions
Function
sin
AnglesinQ4aregenerallyexpressedas
negativeangles.
cos
tan
Range
2
0
2
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Trigonometry
VerifyingIdentities
AsignificantportionofanytrigonometrycoursedealswithverifyingTrigonometricIdentities,i.e.,
statementsthatarealwaystrue(assumingthetrigonometricvaluesinvolvedexist).Thissection
dealswithhowthestudentmayapproachverificationofidentitiessuchas:
1
tan
sin
InverifyingaTrigonometricIdentity,thestudentisaskedtoworkwithonlyonesideoftheidentity
and,usingthestandardrulesofmathematicalmanipulation,derivetheotherside.Thestudentmay
workwitheithersideoftheidentity,sogenerallyitisbesttoworkonthesidethatismostcomplex.
Thestepsbelowpresentastrategythatmaybeusefulinverifyingidentities.
VerificationSteps
1. Identifywhichsideyouwanttoworkon.LetscallthisSideA.Letscallthesideyouarenot
workingonSideB.So,youwillbeworkingonSideAtomakeitlooklikeSideB.
a. Ifonesidehasamultipleofanangle(e.g.,tan 3 )andtheothersidedoesnot(e.g.,
cos ),workwiththesidethathasthemultipleofanangle.
b. Ifonesidehasonlysinesandcosinesandtheotherdoesnot,workwiththeonethat
doesnothaveonlysinesandcosines.
c. Ifyougetpartwaythroughtheexerciseandrealizeyoushouldhavestartedwiththe
otherside,startoverandworkwiththeotherside.
2. Ifnecessary,investigateSideBbyworkingonitalittle.Thisisnotaviolationoftherulesas
longas,inyourverification,youcompletelymanipulateSideAtolooklikeSideB.Ifyou
choosetoinvestigateSideB,moveyourworkoffalittletothesidesoitisclearyouare
investigatingandnotactuallyworkingsideB.
3. Simplifyasmuchaspossiblefirst,butremembertolookattheothersidetomakesureyou
aremovinginthatdirection.Dothisalsoateachstepalongtheway,aslongasitmakesSide
AlookmorelikeSideB.
and
a. UsethePythagoreanIdentitiestosimplify,e.g.,ifonesidecontains 1 sin
theothersidecontainscosinesbutnotsines,replace 1 sin
withcos .
b. Changeanymultiplesofangles,halfangles,etc.toexpressionswithsingleangles(e.g.,
replacesin 2 with2 sin cos ).
cos willbehelpful.
c. Lookfor1s.Oftenchanginga1intosin
4. RewriteSideAintermsofsinesandcosines.
5. Factorwherepossible.
6. SeparateorcombinefractionstomakeSideAlookmorelikeSideB.
Thefollowingpagesillustrateanumberoftechniquesthatcanbeusedtoverifyidentities.
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Trigonometry
VerifyingIdentitiesTechniques
Technique:InvestigateBothSides
Often,whenlookingatanidentity,itisnotimmediatelyobvioushowtoproceed.Inmanycases,
investigatingbothsideswillprovidethenecessaryhintstoproceed.
Example:
1
1
sin cos
1
1

cos
sin
cot
cot
Yuk!Thisidentitycontainsalotoffunctionsthataredifficulttodealwith.Letsinvestigateitby
convertingtosinesandcosinesonbothsides.Notethatontheright,Imovemynewfractionoff
tothesidetoindicateIaminvestigatingonly.Idothisbecausewemustverifyanidentityby
workingonlyonesideuntilwegettheotherside.
1
1
cos
sin
1
1

sin
cos
cos
cos
cos
sin
cos
cos

sin
cos
NoticethatIchangedeach1intheexpressionontherightto
becauseIwanttoget
somethingthatlooksmoreliketheexpressionontheright.
LookingatwhatIhavenow,Inoticethatthetwoexpressionslookalotalike,exceptthatevery
placeIhavea1intheexpressionontheleftIhavecos intheexpressionontheright.
Whatismynextstep?Ineedtochangeallthe1sintheexpressiononthelefttocos .Icando
thismymultiplyingtheexpressionontheleftby
1
1
cos
cos
sin

1
1
cos

sin
cos

cot
cot
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1

1
cot
cot
1
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Trigonometry
VerifyingIdentitiesTechniques(contd)
Technique:BreakaFractionintoPieces
Whenafractioncontainsmultipletermsinthenumerator,itissometimesusefultobreakitinto
separateterms.Thisworksespeciallywellwhenthenumeratorhasthesamenumberoftermsas
existontheothersideoftheequalsign.
Example:

cos
cos cos
tan tan
First,itsagoodideatoreplacecos

withitsequivalent:
cos cos
sin sin
cos cos
Next,breakthefractionintotwopieces:

sin sin
cos cos

cos cos
cos cos
Finally,simplifytheexpression:
1
sin
cos
sin
cos
tan tan
tan tan
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Trigonometry
VerifyingIdentitiesTechniques(contd)
Technique:GetaCommonDenominatoronOneSide
Whenafractioncontainsmultipletermsinthenumerator,itissometimesusefultobreakitinto
separateterms.Thisworksespeciallywellwhenthenumeratorhasthesamenumberoftermsas
existontheothersideoftheequalsign.
Example:

cos

1 sin
sin
cos
Ifweweretosolvethislikeanequation,wemightcreateacommondenominator.Remember,
however,thatwecanonlyworkononeside,sowewillusethecommondenominatoronlyon
thatside.Inthisexample,thecommondenominatorwouldbe:cos 1 sin .

cos
cos

cos
1 sin
cos
cos 1
sin
Oncewehaveinsertedthedenominatorfromtherightsideintheexpressionontheleft,therest
oftheexpressionshouldsimplify.Tokeepthecos intheexpression,weneedtoworkwiththe
numerator.Acommonsubstitutionistoworkbackandforthbetweensin andcos .

1 sin
cos 1 sin
Noticethatthenumeratorisadifferenceofsquares.Letsfactorit.
1
sin
1 sin
cos 1 sin
Finally,wesimplifybyeliminatingthecommonfactorinthenumeratoranddenominator.

sin

cos
sin
cos
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Trigonometry
KeyAngleFormulas
sin
sin
sin cos cos sin

sin cos cos sin
tan
cos
cos
cos cos
cos cos
tan
cos 2

sin sin
sin sin
DoubleAngleFormulas
sin 2 2 sin cos

tan 2
cos
sin
1 2 sin
2 cos
1
HalfAngleFormulas
Theuseofa+orsigninthehalfangle
sin
cos
formulasdependsonthequadrantinwhich
theangle resides.Seechartbelow.
SignsofTrigFunctions
ByQuadrant
tan
sin+
sin+
cos
cos+
tan
tan+
x
sin
sin
cos
cos+
tan+
tan
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KeyAngleFormulas(contd)
sin
tan
cos

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Trigonometry
KeyAngleFormulas(contd)
Cofunctions
EachtrigonometricfunctionhasacofunctionwithsymmetricpropertiesinQuadrantI.Thefollowing
identitiesexpresstherelationshipsbetweencofunctions.
sin
cos 90
cos
sin 90
tan
cot 90
cot
tan 90
sec
csc 90
csc
sec 90
A
c
LawofSines(seeaboveillustration)
PythagoreanIdentities(foranyangle)
sin
cos
sec
tan
csc
cot
LawofCosines(seeaboveillustration)
cos
cos
cos
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Trigonometry
SolvinganObliqueTriangle
Severalmethodsexisttosolveanobliquetriangle,i.e.,atrianglewithnorightangle.Theappropriate
methoddependsontheinformationavailableforthetriangle.Allmethodsrequirethatthelengthof
atleastonesidebeprovided.Inaddition,oneortwoanglemeasuresmaybeprovided.Notethatif
twoanglemeasuresareprovided,themeasureofthethirdisdetermined(becausethesumofall
threeanglemeasuresmustbe180).Themethodsusedforeachsituationaresummarizedbelow.
GivenThreeSidesandnoAngles(SSS)
Giventhreesegmentlengthsandnoanglemeasures,dothefollowing:
UsetheLawofCosinestodeterminethemeasureofoneangle.
UsetheLawofSinestodeterminethemeasureofoneofthetworemainingangles.
Subtractthesumofthemeasuresofthetwoknownanglesfrom180toobtainthemeasure
oftheremainingangle.
GivenTwoSidesandtheAnglebetweenThem(SAS)
Giventwosegmentlengthsandthemeasureoftheanglethatisbetweenthem,dothefollowing:
UsetheLawofCosinestodeterminethelengthoftheremainingleg.
UsetheLawofSinestodeterminethemeasureofoneofthetworemainingangles.
GivenOneSideandTwoAngles(ASAorAAS)
Givenonesegmentlengthandthemeasuresoftwoangles,dothefollowing:
UsetheLawofSinestodeterminethelengthsofthetworemaininglegs.
GivenTwoSidesandanAnglenotbetweenThem(SSA)
ThisistheAmbiguousCase.Severalpossibilitiesexist,dependingonthelengthsofthesidesandthe
measureoftheangle.Thepossibilitiesarediscussedonthenextseveralpages.
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SolvinganObliqueTriangle(contd)
TheAmbiguousCase(SSA)
Giventwosegmentlengthsandananglethatisnotbetweenthem,itisnotclearwhetheratriangleis
defined.Itispossiblethatthegiveninformationwilldefineasingletriangle,twotriangles,orevenno
triangle.Becausetherearemultiplepossibilitiesinthissituation,itiscalledtheambiguouscase.
Herearethepossibilities:
Therearethreecasesinwhich
Case1:
Producesnotrianglebecause isnotlongenoughtoreachthebase.
Case2:
Producesone(right)trianglebecause isexactlylongenoughtoreachthe
base. formsarightanglewiththebase,andistheheightofthetriangle.
Case3:
Producestwotrianglesbecause istherightsizetoreachthebaseintwo
places.Theanglefromwhich swingsfromitsapexcantaketwovalues.
Thereisonlyonecaseinwhich
Case4:
Producesonetrianglebecause isnotlongenoughtoreachthebase.
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SolvingaTriangle(contd)
SolvingtheAmbiguousCase(SSA)
Howdoyousolvethetriangleineachofthecasesdiscussedabove.Assumetheinformationgivenis
thelengthsofsides and ,andthemeasureofAngle .Usethefollowingsteps:
Step1:Calculatethesineofthemissingangle(inthisdevelopment,angle ).
Step2:Considerthevalueofsin :
Ifsin
Ifsin
Step1:Use
sin
sin
1,thenwehaveCase1thereisnotriangle.Stophere.
1,then
90,andwehaveCase2arighttriangle.ProceedtoStep4.
Ifsin
1,thenwehaveCase3orCase4.Proceedtothenextsteptodeterminewhich.
Step3:Considerwhether
If
,thenwehaveCase3twotriangles.Calculatethevaluesofeachangle ,usingthe
LawofSines.Then,proceedtoStep4andcalculatetheremainingvaluesforeachtriangle.
If
,thenwehavecase4onetriangle.ProceedtoStep4.
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SolvinganObliqueTriangle(contd)
SolvingtheAmbiguousCase(SSA)contd
Step4:Calculate .Atthispoint,wehavethelengthsofsides and ,andthemeasuresofAngles
and .IfwearedealingwithCase3twotriangles,wemustperformSteps4and5foreachangle.
180
Step4istocalculatethemeasureofAngle asfollows:
Step5:Calculate .Finally,wecalculatethevalueof usingtheLawofSines.Notethatinthecase

wheretherearetwotriangles,thereisanAngle ineach.So,theLawofSinesshouldbeused
relatingAngles and .

sin

sin
sin
sin
AmbiguousCaseFlowchart
Start Here
Value of
sin
yes
Is
no
Two triangles
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Steps 4 and 5, above
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Trigonometry
AreaofaTriangle
AreaofaTriangle
Therearetwoformulasfortheareaofatriangle,dependingonwhatinformationaboutthetriangle
isavailable.
Formula1:Theformulamostfamiliartothestudentcanbeusedwhenthebaseandheightofthe
triangleareeitherknownorcanbedetermined.
where, isthelengthofthebaseofthetriangle.
istheheightofthetriangle.
Note:Thebasecanbeanysideofthetriangle.Theheightisthemeasureofthealtitudeof
whicheversideisselectedasthebase.So,youcanuse:
or
or
Formula2:Heronsformulafortheareaofatrianglecanbeusedwhen
thelengthsofallofthesidesareknown.Sometimesthisformula,though
lessappealing,canbeveryuseful.
where,
Note: issometimescalledthesemiperimeterofthetriangle.
, , arethelengthsofthesidesofthetriangle.
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AreaofaTriangle(contd)
Thefollowingformulasfortheareaofatrianglecomefromtrigonometry.Whichoneisused
dependsontheinformationavailable:
Twoanglesandaside:
Twosidesandanangle:
CoordinateGeometry
Ifthethreeverticesofatrianglearedisplayedinacoordinateplane,theformulabelow,usinga
determinant,willgivetheareaofatriangle.
,
,
,
Letthethreepointsinthecoordinateplanebe: ,
triangleisonehalfoftheabsolutevalueofthedeterminantbelow:
.Then,theareaofthe
Example:Forthetriangleinthefigureatright,theareais:
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PolarCoordinates
PolarcoordinatesareanalternativemethodofdescribingapointinaCartesianplanebasedonthe
distanceofthepointfromtheoriginandtheanglewhoseterminalsidecontainsthepoint.First,lets
investigatetherelationshipbetweenapointsrectangularcoordinates , anditspolar
coordinates , .
Themagnitude,r, isthedistanceofthepointfromtheorigin:
Theangle,,istheanglewhoseterminalsidecontainsthepoint.Generally,thisangleisexpressedin
radians,notdegrees.
tan
or
tan
Conversionfrompolarcoordinatestorectangularcoordinatesisstraightforward:
cos and
sin
Example1:Expresstherectangularform(4,4)inpolar
coordinates:
Given:
4
4
4
tan
so
tan
42
tan
So,thecoordinatesofthepointareasfollows:
Rectangularcoordinates:
Example2:Expressthepolarform(42,
1 inQuadrantII,
Given:
42
4, 4
PolarCoordinates: 42,
)inrectangularcoordinates:
cos
42 cos
42
sin
42 sin
42
4
4
So,thecoordinatesofthepointareasfollows:
PolarCoordinates: 42,
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Trigonometry
PolarFormofComplexNumbers
ExpressingComplexNumbersinPolarForm
AcomplexnumbercanberepresentedaspointintheCartesianPlane,usingthehorizontalaxisfor
therealcomponentofthenumberandtheverticalaxisfortheimaginarycomponentofthenumber.
Ifweexpressacomplexnumberinrectangularcoordinatesas
,wecanalsoexpressitin
polarcoordinatesas
cos
sin ,with 0, 2 .Then,theequivalencesbetweenthe
twoformsfor are:
ConvertRectangulartoPolar
Magnitude:| |
tan
Angle:
ConvertPolartoRectangular
Since willgenerallyhavetwovalueson 0, 2
quadrantinwhich
resides.
xcoordinate:
cos
ycoordinate:
sin
,youneedtobecarefultoselecttheangleinthe
cos
Anotherexpressionthatmaybeusefulis:
asanexponentialformof .Thatis:
sin ,acomplexnumbercanbeexpressed
cos
sin
Itisthisexpressionthatisresponsibleforthefollowingrulesregardingoperationsoncomplex
cos
sin ,
cos
sin .Then,
numbers.Let:
Multiplication:
cos
sin
So,tomultiplycomplexnumbers,youmultiplytheirmagnitudesandaddtheirangles.
Division:
cos
sin
So,todividecomplexnumbers,youdividetheirmagnitudesandsubtracttheirangles.
Powers:
cos
sin
Thisresultsdirectlyfromthemultiplicationrule.
Roots:
cos
sin
also,seeDeMoivresTheorembelow
Thisresultsdirectlyfromthepowerruleiftheexponentisafraction.
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Trigonometry
DeMoivresTheorem
AbrahamdeMoivre(16671754)wasaFrenchmathematicianwhoprovideduswithaveryuseful
Theoremfordealingwithoperationsoncomplexnumbers.
Ifwelet
page:
cos
sin
,DeMoivresTheoremgivesusthepowerruleexpressedontheprior
cos
Example1:Find
,wehave
3and
First,since
Then,
And,
tan
831.542 ~ 111.542
So,
sin
4;
7.
4,096
138.590inQ II
4,096 cos 111.542
1,504.0
sin 111.542
3,809.9
Example2:Find
2and
First,since
,wehave
Then,
And,
tan
1,109.052 ~ 29.052
So,
212.4
3;
243
221.810inQIII
7.
243 cos 29.052
sin 29.052
118.0
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DeMoivresTheoremforRoots
Let
cos
sin
.Then, has distinctcomplex throotsthatoccupypositions
equidistantfromeachotheronacircleofradius .Letscalltheroots: ,
rootscanbecalculatedasfollows:
2
cos
sin
, ,
Then,these
Theformulacouldalsoberestatedwith2 replacedby360ifthishelpsinthecalculation.
Example:Findthefifthrootsof
.
2and
,wehave
3.
First,since
Then,
And,
Theincrementalangleforsuccessiverootsis:360
Thencreateachartlikethis:
13;
tan
56.310;
Fifthrootsof

13 ~ 1.2924
Angle(
11.262
5 roots
72.
11.262
1.2675
0.2524
11.262
72
60.738
0.6317
1.1275
60.738
72
132.738
0.8771
0.9492
132.738
72
204.738
1.1738
0.5408
204.738
72
276.738
0.1516
1.2835
Noticethatifweaddanother72,weget348.738,whichisequivalenttoourfirstangle,
11.262because 348.738 360
11.262.Thisisagoodthingtocheck.Thenext
anglewillalwaysbeequivalenttothefirstangle!Ifitisnt,gobackandcheckyourwork.
Rootsfitonacircle:Noticethat,sincealloftherootsof
havethesamemagnitude,andtheiranglesthatare72apartfrom
eachother,thattheyoccupyequidistantpositionsonacirclewith
center 0, 0 andradius
13 ~ 1.2924.
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PolarGraphs
Typically,PolarGraphswillbeplottedonpolargraphssuchastheone
illustratedatright.Onthisgraph,apoint , canbeconsideredtobethe
intersectionofthecircleofradius andtheterminalsideoftheangle (see
theillustrationbelow).
PartsofthePolarGraph
Theillustrationbelowshowsthekeypartsofapolargraph,alongwithapoint, 4,
ThePoleisthepoint 0, 0 (i.e.,theorigin).
ThePolarAxisisthe axis.
TheLine:
isthe axis.
Manyequationsthatcontainthecosine
functionaresymmetricaboutthePolarAxis.
Manyequationsthatcontainthesine
functionaresymmetricabouttheline
.
PolarEquationsSymmetry
Followingarethethreemaintypesofsymmetryexhibitedinmanypolarequationgraphs:
Symmetryabout:
QuadrantsContainingSymmetry
SymmetryTest(1)
ThePole
Opposite(IandIIIorIIandIV)
ThePolarAxis
Leftorrighthemispheres(IIandIII
Replace with intheequation
or IandIV)
TheLine
(1)
Upperorlowerhemispheres(Iand
IIorIIIandIV)
Replace with intheequation
Replace ,
equation
with
inthe
Ifperformingtheindicatedreplacementresultsinanequivalentequation,theequationpasses
thesymmetrytestandtheindicatedsymmetryexists.Iftheequationfailsthesymmetrytest,
symmetrymayormaynotexist.
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GraphsofPolarEquations
GraphingMethods
Method1:Pointplotting
Createatwocolumnchartthatcalculatesvaluesof forselectedvaluesof .Thisisakintoa

twocolumnchartthatcalculatesvaluesof forselectedvaluesof thatcanbeusedtoplota
rectangularcoordinatesequation(e.g.,
4
3).
The valuesyouselectforpurposesofpointplottingshouldvarydependingontheequation
youareworkingwith(inparticular,thecoefficientof intheequation).However,asafebet
istostartwithmultiplesof 6(including
0).Ploteachpointonthepolargraphand
seewhatshapeemerges.Ifyouneedmoreorfewerpointstoseewhatcurveisemerging,
adjustasyougo.
Ifyouknowanythingaboutthecurve(typicalshape,symmetry,etc.),useittofacilitate
plottingpoints.
Connectthepointswithasmoothcurve.Admiretheresult;manyofthesecurvesare
aestheticallypleasing.
Method2:Calculator
UsingaTI84PlusCalculatororitsequivalent,dothefollowing:
Makesureyourcalculatorissettoradiansandpolarfunctions.HittheMODE
key;selectRADIANSinrow4andPOLARinrow5.Afteryoudothis,hitting
CLEARwillgetyoubacktothemainscreen.
.UsetheX,T, ,nkeyto
HitY=andentertheequationintheform
,youmay
enterintotheequation.Ifyourequationisoftheform
needtoentertwofunctions,
and
,andplotboth.
HitGRAPHtoplotthefunctionorfunctionsyouenteredinthepreviousstep.
Ifnecessary,hitWINDOWtoadjusttheparametersoftheplot.
o Ifyoucannotseethewholefunction,adjusttheXandYvariables(oruseZOOM).
o Ifthecurveisnotsmooth,reducethevalueofthe stepvariable.Thiswillplotmore
pointsonthescreen.Notethatsmallervaluesof steprequiremoretimetoplotthe
curve,sochooseavaluethatplotsthecurvewellinareasonableamountoftime.
o Iftheentirecurveisnotplotted,adjustthevaluesofthe minand maxvariablesuntil
youseewhatappearstobetheentireplot.
Note:Youcanviewthetableofpointsusedtographthepolarfunctionbyhitting2NDTABLE.
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GraphTypes(PolarEquations)
Circle
Equation:
sin
Location:
abovePolarAxisif
belowPolarAxisif
Radius: /2
Symmetry:Line
cos
Equation:
Location:
0
rightofline
/2if
0
leftofline
/2if
Radius: /2
/2
0
0
Equation:
Location:
CenteredonthePole
Radius:
Symmetry:PolarAxis
Symmetry:Pole,PolarAxis,
Line
/2
Rose
Characteristicsofroses:
Equation:
sin
o Symmetricabouttheline
/2( axis)
Equation:
cos
o SymmetricaboutthePolarAxis( axis)
Containedwithinacircleofradius
If isodd,therosehas petals.
If iseventherosehas2 petals.
Notethatacircleisarosewithonepetal(i.e,
1).
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GraphsofPolarEquations
LimaonofPascal
sin
Equation:
0
0
Location:bulbabovePolarAxisif
bulbbelowPolarAxisif
/2
Symmetry:Line
cos
Equation:
Location:bulbrightofLine
bulbleftofLine
Symmetry:PolarAxis
/2if
/2if
0
0
FourLimaonShapes
Innerloop
Cardioid
Dimple
Nodimple
FourLimaonOrientations(usingtheCardioidasanexample)
sinefunction
sinefunction
cosinefunction cosinefunction
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GraphingPolarEquationsTheRose
Example:

Thisfunctionisarose.Considertheforms
sin and
cos .
Thenumberofpetalsontherosedependsonthevalueof .
If isaneveninteger,therosewillhave2 petals.
If isanoddinteger,itwillhave petals.
Letscreateatableofvaluesandgraphtheequation:
/12
7/12
/6
3.464
2/3
3.464
/4
3/4
/3
3.464
5 /6
3.464
11 /12
5 /12
/2
Becausethisfunctioninvolvesan
argumentof2,wewanttostartby
lookingatvaluesofin 0, 2
2
0, .Youcouldplotmore
points,butthisintervalissufficient
toestablishthenatureofthecurve;
soyoucangraphtheresteasily.
Oncesymmetryis
established,thesevalues
areeasilydetermined.
Thevaluesinthetable
generatethepointsinthe
Bluepointsonthegraph
correspondtobluevalues
inthetable.
twopetalsrightofthe axis.
Knowingthatthecurveisa
roseallowsustographthe
Orangepointsonthe
graphcorrespondto
orangevaluesinthetable.
othertwopetalswithout
calculatingmorepoints.
ThefourRoseforms:
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GraphingPolarEquationsTheCardioid
Example:
Thiscardioidisalsoalimaonofform
sin with
.Theuseofthesinefunction
indicatesthatthelargeloopwillbesymmetricaboutthe axis.The signindicatesthatthelarge
loopwillbeabovethe axis.Letscreateatableofvaluesandgraphtheequation:
/6
7/6
/3
3.732
4/3
0.268
/2
3/2
2 /3
3.732
5 /3
0.268
5 /6
11 /6
Generally,youwanttolookat
valuesof in 0, 2 .However,
somefunctionsrequirelarger
intervals.Thesizeoftheinterval
dependslargelyonthenatureofthe
functionandthecoefficientof .
Oncesymmetryis
established,thesevalues
areeasilydetermined.
Theportionofthegraph
abovethexaxisresults
from inQ1andQ2,
wherethesinefunctionis
positive.
Bluepointsonthegraph
correspondtobluevalues
inthetable.
Similarly,theportionof
thegraphbelowthexaxis
resultsfrom inQ3and
Q4,wherethesine
functionisnegative.
Orangepointsonthe
graphcorrespondto
orangevaluesinthetable.
ThefourCardioidforms:
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ConvertingBetweenPolarandRectangularFormsofEquations
RectangulartoPolar
ToconvertanequationfromRectangularFormtoPolarForm,usethefollowingequivalences:
cos Substitute cos for
sin Substitute sin for

Substitute for
Example:Convert8
StartingEquation:
10
0toapolarequationoftheform
cos and
Substitute
Factorout :
Divideby 8 cos
3 sin
sin :
8 cos
8 cos
10
.
0
3 sin
10
3 sin
10
PolartoRectangular
ToconvertanequationfromPolarFormtoRectangularForm,usethefollowingequivalences:
cos
Substitute for cos
sin
Substitute for sin

Substitute
for
Example:Convertr = 8 cos + 9 sin toarectangularequation.

StartingEquation:
, sin
Substitutecos
Multiplyby :
Completethesquare:
Subtract8
:
9 :
Substitute
r = 8 cos + 9 sin
8
8
9
8
Simplifytostandardformforacircle:
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Vectors
Avectorisaquantitythathasbothmagnitudeanddirection.Anexamplewouldbewindblowing
towardtheeastat30milesperhour.Anotherexamplewouldbetheforceof10kgweightbeing
pulledtowardtheearth(aforceyoucanfeelifyouareholdingtheweight).
SpecialUnitVectors
Wedefineunitvectorstobevectorsoflength1.Unitvectorshavingthedirectionofthepositive
axeswillbequiteusefultous.Theyaredescribedinthechartandgraphicbelow.
UnitVector
Direction
positive axis
positive axis
positive axis
Graphical
representationof
unitvectors andj
intwodimensions.
VectorComponents
Thelengthofavector, ,iscalleditsmagnitudeandisrepresentedbythesymbol .Ifavectors
,anditsterminalpoint(endingposition)is ,
,thenthe
initialpoint(startingposition)is ,
vectordisplaces
inthe directionanddisplaces
inthe direction.We
can,then,representthevectorasfollows:
Themagnitudeofthevector, ,iscalculatedas:

Ifthislooksfamiliar,itshould.Themagnitudeofavectorisdeterminedasthelengthofthe
hypotenuseofatrianglewithsides and usingthePythagoreanTheorem.
Inthreedimensions,teseconceptsexpandtothefollowing:
Similarly,vectorscanbeexpandedtoanynumberofdimensions.
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VectorProperties
Vectorshaveanumberofnicepropertiesthatmakeworkingwiththembothusefulandrelatively
simple.Let and bescalars,andletu,v andwbevectors.Then,
If
Then,
If
and
If
,then
Define tobethezerovector(i.e.,ithaszerolength,sothat
vectorisalsocalledthenullvector.
,then
cos and
cos
sin
sin
(note:thisformulaisusedinForcecalculations)
,then
0).Note:thezero
, .Thisnotationwillbe
Note:
canalsobeshownwiththefollowingnotation:
usefulincalculatingdotproductsandperformingoperationswithvectors.
PropertiesofVectors
AssociativeProperty
DistributiveProperty
MultiplicativeIdentity
MagnitudeProperty
Unitvectorinthedirectionof
CommutativeProperty
AdditiveInverse
AssociativeProperty
AdditiveIdentity
Also,notethat:
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VectorDotProduct
TheDotProductoftwovectors,
and
,isdefinedasfollows:
Itisimportanttonotethatthedotproductisascalar,notavector.Itdescribessomethingaboutthe
relationshipbetweentwovectors,butisnotavectoritself.Ausefulapproachtocalculatingthedot
productoftwovectorsisillustratedhere:
,
General
alternative
vector
notation
Example
4, 3
2, 2
,
Takealookattheexampleatright.Noticethatthe
8 6 14
twovectorsarelinedupvertically.Thenumbersin
theeachcolumnaremultipliedandtheresultsare
addedtogetthedotproduct.Sointhisexample,4, 3 2, 2 14.
PropertiesoftheDotProduct
Let beascalar,andletu,v andwbevectors.Then,
0
0
ZeroProperty
Thesamepropertyholdsin3Dforanypairof , , and
CommutativeProperty
MagnitudeSquareProperty
Moreproperties:
MultiplicationbyaScalarProperty
If
Ifthereisascalar suchthat
If istheanglebetween and ,thencos
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and
,then and areorthogonal(perpendicular).

,then and areparallel.

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Trigonometry
VectorDotProduct(contd)
VectorProjection
Theprojectionofavector, ,ontoanothervector ,isobtainedusingthedotproduct.Theformula
usedtodeterminetheprojectionvectoris:

proj
v2

isascalar,andthatproj
Noticethat

Inthediagramatright,v1
proj
isavector.
v1
OrthogonalComponentsofaVector(Decomposition)
Avector, ,canbeexpressedasthesumoftwoorthogonalvectors and ,asshownintheabove
diagram.Theresultingvectorsare:

isparallelto
proj
and
isorthogonalto
Work
Workisascalarquantityinphysicsthatmeasurestheforceexertedonanobjectoveraparticular
distance.Itisdefinedusingvectors,asshownbelow.Let:
Fbetheforcevectoractingonanobject,movingitfrompoint topoint .
bethevectorfrom to .
betheanglebetweenFand
Then,wedefineworkas:

cos
Magnitude
ofForce
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Distance
Traveled
Bothoftheseformulasareuseful.
Whichoneyouuseinaparticular
situationdependsonwhat
informationisavailable.
Anglebetween
Vectors
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Appendix A
SummaryofRectangularandPolarForms
Coordinates
Form
Conversion
RectangularForm
PolarForm
cos
sin
Complex
Numbers
Form
tan
cos
Form
or
cos
sin
Vectors
sin

Conversion
tan
magnitude
directionangle
Conversion
cos
sin
tan
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Index
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30
37
37
38
38
46,48
45
32
40,54
40
40
50
40,54
39,54
49
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7
7
6
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AmbiguousCaseforObliqueTriangles
AmbiguousCaseforObliqueTrianglesFlowchart
AreaofaTriangle
GeometryFormula
Heron'sFormula
CoordinateGeometryFormula
Cardioid
Circles
Cofunctions
ComplexNumbers
ConversionbetweenRectangularandPolarForms
OperationsinPolarForm
PolarForm
ComponentsofVectors
ComplexNumbers
Coordinates
Equations
Vectors
CosecantFunction
CosineFunction
CotangentFunction
DefinitionsofTrigFunctions(RightTriangle)
DefinitionsofTrigFunctions(xandyaxes)
DeMoivre'sTheorem
DeMoivre'sTheoremforRoots
DotProduct
DoubleAngleFormulas
Equations
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Index
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10
48
22
14
18
25
46
43
47
20
12
16
11
30
37
26
27
24
25
24
24
32
32
46
33
40
53
39,54
40,54
45
39,54
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Graphs
BasicTrigFunctions
Cardioid
CosecantFunction
CosineFunction
CotangentFunction
LimaonofPascal
PolarFunctions
Rose
SecantFunction
SineFunction
TangentFunction
TrigFunctionCharacteristics(Table)
HalfAngleFormulas
Heron'sFormula
IdentitiesVerification
Steps
Techniques
Definitions
Graphs
PrincipalValues
Ranges
LawofCosines
LawofSines
LimaonofPascal
ObliqueTriangleMethodstoSolve
PolarCoordinates
PolarFormofComplexNumbers
PolarGraphTypes
PolartoRectangularCoordinateConversion
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Index
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31
24
31
53
51
32
6
39,51
45,47
7
7
6
7
31
7
8
7
9
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PrincipalValuesofInverseTrigonometricFunctions
ProjectionofOneVectorontoAnother
PropertiesofVectors
PythagoreanIdentities
Radians
RectangulartoPolarCoordinateConversion
Rose
SecantFunction
SineFunction
SOHCAHTOA
TangentFunction
TrigonometricFunctionsofSpecialAngles
UnitCircle
UnitVectorsiandj
Vectors
Components
DotProduct
Projection
Properties
SpecialUnitVectorsiandj
Work
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sin cos cos sin

sin 2 2 sin cos

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4,096 cos 111.542

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