Trig. @lilpeter504
Alright, here we go
Angles in Standard Position Radian Measure Reciprocal Ratios Special Angles Graphing 1, and 2 Is what we'll do first.
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Just to let you know, I don't have a calculator in hand so I will try my best to use my computer calculator.
Alright so we really just jump into it, Trig. SOH CAH TOA (Remember this) \[SOH = \sin \theta = \frac{ opposite }{ hypotenuse } = \frac{ y }{ r }\] \[CAH = \cos \theta = \frac{ adjacent }{ hypotenuse } = \frac{ x }{ r }\] \[TOA = \tan \theta = \frac{ opposite }{ adjacent } = \frac{ y }{ x }\] |dw:1402613148872:dw| |dw:1402613249504:dw| My drawings are terrible lol, but I hope it gets the point across. This will help us look at angles as counter - clockwise rotations. Counter - clockwise rotations are positive angles. Where clockwise are negative angles. The reference triangles are always drawn from the x - axis (adjacent is always x) The length of the adjacent and opposite side (x and y) correspond to the co - ordinates of a point on a circle, and the hypotenuse is the length of the radius r. The location of the co - ordinates in terms of x and y, are indicated by the sign. ( For x, right is positive, left is negative. For y, up is positive and down is negative). The direction of the radius is given by the angle, thus r is always positive ( or absolute value). Angles can be measured in degrees or radians. This is just some stuff, I'd hope you already know.
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