Further Maths - Trigonometry Values

2020-11-09
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Degrees

What is $\sin 0^{\circ}$??

$$ 0 $$

What is $\sin 30^{\circ}$??

$$ \frac{1}{2} $$

What is $\sin 45^{\circ}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} $$

What is $\sin 60^{\circ}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $$

What is $\sin 90^{\circ}$??

$$ 1 $$

What is $\cos 0^{\circ}$??

$$ 1 $$

What is $\cos 30^{\circ}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $$

What is $\cos 45^{\circ}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} $$

What is $\cos 60^{\circ}$??

$$ \frac{1}{2} $$

What is $\cos 90^{\circ}$??

$$ 0 $$

What is $\tan 0^{\circ}$??

$$ 0 $$

What is $\tan 30^{\circ}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} $$

What is $\tan 45^{\circ}$??

$$ 1 $$

What is $\tan 60^{\circ}$??

$$ \sqrt{3} $$

What is $\tan 90^{\circ}$??

$$ \text{undefined} $$

For what values are $\sin$ and $\cos$ the same??

$$ 45^{\circ} $$

Which $\sin$ and $\cos$ values swap over??

$$ 30^{\circ}, 60^{\circ} $$

What is special about the value under the square root for sine $30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$??

It goes $1$, $2$, $3$.

What is special about the value under the square root for cosine $30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$??

It goes $3$, $2$, $1$.

Radians

What is $\sin 0$??

$$ 0 $$

What is $\sin \frac{\pi}{6}$??

$$ \frac{1}{2} $$

What is $\sin \frac{\pi}{4}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} $$

What is $\sin \frac{\pi}{3}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $$

What is $\sin \frac{\pi}{2}$??

$$ 1 $$

What is $\cos 0$??

$$ 1 $$

What is $\cos \frac{\pi}{6}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $$

What is $\cos \frac{\pi}{4}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} $$

What is $\cos \frac{\pi}{3}$??

$$ \frac{1}{2} $$

What is $\cos \frac{\pi}{2}$??

$$ 0 $$

What is $\tan 0$??

$$ 0 $$

What is $\tan \frac{\pi}{6}$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} $$

What is $\tan \frac{\pi}{4}$??

$$ 1 $$

What is $\tan \frac{\pi}{3}$??

$$ \sqrt{3} $$

What is $\tan \frac{\pi}{2}$??

$$ \text{undefined} $$

What is special about the value under the square root for sine $\frac{\pi}{6}$, $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $\frac{\pi}{3}$??

It goes $1$, $2$, $3$.

What is special about the value under the square root for cosine $\frac{\pi}{6}$, $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $\frac{\pi}{3}$??

It goes $3$, $2$, $1$.

After how many radians does $\sin$ repeat??

$$ 2\pi $$

What’s another way of stating that $\sin$ repeats every $2\pi$ radians??

$$ \sin(\theta) = \sin(\theta + 2\pi) $$

After how many radians does $\cos$ repeat??

$$ 2\pi $$

What’s another way of stating that $\cos$ repeats every $2\pi$ radians??

$$ \cos(\theta) = \cos(\theta + 2\pi) $$

After how many radians does $\tan$ repeat??

$$ \pi $$

What’s another way of stating that $\tan$ repeats every $\pi$ radians??

$$ \tan(\theta) = \tan(\theta + \pi) $$

Because $\sin$ is the same going up as it comes down, what relation in radians can you write??

$$ \sin(x) = \sin(\pi - x) $$

General Rules

What’s another way of writing $\sin(-\theta)$??

$$ -\sin(\theta) $$

What’s another way of writing $-\sin(\theta)$??

$$ \sin(-\theta) $$

What’s another way of writing $\cos(-\theta)$??

$$ \cos(\theta) $$

2021-11-15

What’s $$\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{12}\right)$$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{6} - \sqrt{2}}{4} $$

What’s $$\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{12}\right)$$??

$$ \frac{1 + \sqrt{3}}{2\sqrt{2}} $$

What’s $$\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{12}\right)$$??

$$ \frac{\sqrt{3} - 1}{\sqrt{3} + 1} $$


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title: Further Maths - Trigonometry Values