E-Book 'Pure Maths Part Four Trigonometry' From A-Level Maths Tutor
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Contents
radians 3
Pythagorean Identities 20
Radians
What is a 'radian'?
A radian is the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc the same length as the
radius of the circle.
Units
Arc length
An angle can be expressed in radians by dividing the arc length by the radius.
Therefore for a circle(a 360 deg. angle), where the arc length is '2πr' and the radius is 'r' ,
the number of radians is 2πr/r , i.e. 2π .
Sector area
The area of a sector is proportional to the angle its arc subtends at the centre.
Small angles
For small angles(<10 deg.) there is a convergence between the value of the angle in
radians with the value of its sine & tangent.
Consider a radius of length '1' rotating anti-clockwise about the origin. The coordinates of
any point on the circle give the values of the adjacent and opposite sides of a right angled
triangle, with the radius the hypotenuse.
The General Angle (theta) is the included angle between the radius and the x-coordinate of
the point.
As the radius rotates the x and y values change. Hence the values of sine, cosine and
tangent also change.
Example #1
Example #2
Sine
Cosine
Tangent
Further comparison
Introduction
Secant (sec)
Cosecant (cosec)
Cotangent (cot)
Manipulating the ratio - Take two ratios, cross multiply and rearrange to put the required
quantity as the subject of the equation.
Example #1
Example #2
Example #3
You are given 2 sides + an included angle and required to work out the remaining
side
You are given all the sides and required to work out the angle.
Example #1
Example #2
Pythagorean Identities
Example
Example
Example
Factor Formulae
rcos() form
Adding a sine and a cosine will generate a cosine curve. This will have a larger amplitude
than the original and is out of phase with it.
'r' amplitude
'α' no. degrees phase difference(to the right)
can be rewritten as
Notes