Finding Exact Trig Values

2 2 ……
1
……

2 …… 1
30o 45o 60o

Sin(x)

Find the missing side lengths (give your answers in surd form where necessary) and label the Cos(x)

marked angles.
Tan(x)
Use your completed triangles to complete the table to the right. Give your answers as
surds/fractions where appropriate.
Now calculate the values for 0o ≤ x ≤ 540o, give your answers to 2 d.p.
x 0 30 45 60 90 120 135 150 180 210 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 510 540
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sin(x) 0 0.5 1
y
1
Plot the graph What do you notice
when the graph gets
x y =0
sin(x)
30 45 60 0 90 120 135 150 180 210 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 510 540
to
0 360?
90 180 270 360 450 540 x
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cos(x)
-1
y
1
Plot the graph What is the relationship

y = cos(x) between the sine and

0
90 180 270 360 450 540 x cosine graphs?

-1

x 0 30 45 60 90 120 135 150 180 210 240 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 510 540

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tan(x
) y
4

Plot the graph What happens when x is

0
y = tan(x) 90 180 270 360 450 540 x 89.99o?
How often does the
-4 tangent graph repeat?