trigonometry

LESSONS
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Sine – is the ratio of the opposite side over the hypotenuse.
Cosine – is the ratio of the adjacent side over the hypotenuse. e
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Opposite
Tangent – is the ratio of the opposite side over the adjacent side e
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Secant – is 1 divided by the cosine of x.
Cosecant – is 1 divided by the sine of x.
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Adjacent

EXAMPLE Solution
c 2 = a 2 + b2 sin θ = 5 Special Triangles
13 3, 4, 5
= 52 + 122
c=? a = 12 5, 12, 13
= 25 + 144 cos θ = 12
13 7, 24, 25
= √169 8, 15, 17
b=5
= 13 tan θ = 5 9, 4, 41
Pythagorean Theorem 12 11, 60, 61
c2 = a2 + b2

Pythagorean Theorem
“The square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of squares of the lengths of other two sides of the right-angled triangle.”