TRIG SHEET

30
2
3
(0, 1) 1 3 45
( , ) 2 2 2
C S 2 2 1
(2 ,2 )
C S
3 1
S A ( 2 ,2 )
C S
45
1
60
1
(1, 0) (1, 0)
C S C S Opposite Adjacent Opposite
T C sin  = Hypotenuse cos  = Hypotenuse tan  = Adjacent

(0, 1) “SOH CAH TOA”

C S
 30 =/6 45 = /4 60 = /3
sin  1/2 1/ 2 = 2/2 3 /2
1 1 1 cos  3 /2 1/ 2 = 2/2 1/2
csc  = sec  = cot  =
sin  cos  tan  tan  1
1/ 3 = 3 /3 3

y= Asin(bx + c) period = 2/b y= Acos(bx + c) period = 2/b y= Atan(bx + c) period = /b

y y = sin x y y = cos x y = tan x
y

  

x x x

           



  



 0 = 0 90 = /2 180 =  270 = 3/2

sin  0 1 0 -1
sin  cos  1 0 -1 0
tan  = tan  0 und. 0 und.
cos 

Using acute reference angle  to find angle  in different quadrants:

 in quadrant II  in quadrant III  in quadrant IV
y y y


 
 x  x 2
 

=− =+  = 2 − 
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y y
y









 
x x
x
     
   








y = csc x y = sec x y = cot x

2 2 2 a b c
Law of Cosines: a = b + c  2bc cos A Law of Sines: sin A = sin B = sin C

IMPORTANT IDENTITIES TO KNOW

1 1 1 sin x cos x
sin x = csc x cos x = sec x tan x = cot x tan x = cos x cot x = sin x
Pythagorean Identities
2 2 2 2 2 2
sin x + cos x = 1 (which means sin x = 1  cos x and cos x = 1  sin x )
2 2 2 2
1 + tan x = sec x 1 + cot x = csc x
Even-Odd Identities
sin(x) =  sin x cos(x) = cos x tan(x) =  tan x
Sum & Difference Identities
sin(x + y) = sin x cos y + cos x sin y cos(x + y) = cos x cos y  sin x sin y
sin(x  y) = sin x cos y  cos x sin y cos(x  y) = cos x cos y + sin x sin y

Double Angle Identities:

2 2
sin 2x = 2 sin x cos x cos 2x = cos x  sin x
Power Reducing Identities
2 1 1 2 1 1
sin x = 2  2 cos 2x cos x = 2 + 2 cos 2x

Inverse Trig. functions

1 1   1  
y = cos x where 0  y   y = sin x where 2  y  2 y = tan x where 2 < y < 2
y
or y = arccos x  or y = arcsin x  y
or y = arctan x y



 x

         x

x
 
        