Parts of a Right Triangle

CEE100- Math Plus

ULO 3a Discussion
- is formed by rotating a ray (or half-line)
about its endpoint.
- is usually denoted by lowercase Greek
letters such as α (alpha), β (beta), and θ
(theta).

Angles in Standard Positions

Angle
Special Types
of Angle
Measurement of Angles
• Degree:
- A circle is divided into 360 equal degrees.
- A right angle is 90 degrees (
- Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes. Each minute is
further divided into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Degree
Radians
- The circumference of the entire
circle is 2π, so it follows that 360°
equals 2π radians.
- 1° equals π/180 radians and 1
radian equals 180/π degrees
Common angles in
degree and radian
Sexagesimal System
Important Conversions:
1 revolution (or 1 circular rotation) = 360 degrees or (1 rev = 360)
1 degree = 60 minutes or (1 = 60’)
1 minute = 60 seconds or (1’ = 60”)
Degree to radians
Trigonometric Functions of a Right
Triangle

Hypotenuse

Opposite

𝜃
Adjacent
Trigonometric Functions of a Right
Triangle
𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠 𝑒
sin 𝜃= csc 𝜃=
𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
s e 𝐴𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛 𝑡

Opposite
te nu cos 𝜃= 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒
po 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒 sec 𝜃=
Hy 𝐴𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡

𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐴𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡
tan 𝜃 ¿ cot 𝜃=
𝐴𝑑𝑗𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑂𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝜃
Adjacent
Find the six trigonometric functions of the triangle:

𝜃
6
Find the six trigonometric functions of the
triangle:

√13 2
Given a triangle with and side c=13 cm, find side a.
Assuming side c is the longest side.
Given a triangle with side a= 18 and b=11,
find , when c is the longest side.
Given a triangle with side c= 2 and b=1, find ,
when c is the longest side, and b is the
adjacent one.
Given , what is the value of ?
Problem Solving: While waiting for your sister to finish
her bungee jump, you decide to figure out how tall the
platform she is jumping off. You are standing 200 feet from
the base of the platform, and the angle of elevation from
your position to the top of the platform is 62 degrees. How
many feet tall is the platform?
Problem Solving: When the sun is
22  above the horizon, how long is
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the shadow cast by a building that is

60 meters high?
Problem Solving: Monica just got a new car, and
she wants to ride it to the top of a mountain and
visit a lookout point. If she drives 4000 meters
along a road that is inclined 22 degrees to the
horizontal, how high above her starting point is she
when she arrives at the lookout?
Problem Solving: Determine the angle of
elevation of the sun, when the length of the
shadow of a tree is 1.5 times the height of the
tree.