Introduction to Trigonometry

This video from Khan Academy explains the idea behind the radian, and why it is a natural unit for measuring angles.

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This video from patrickJMT shows how to convert a degree measurement for an angle to radians.

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This video from patrickJMT shows how to convert a radian measurement for an angle to degrees.

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These notes from MathCentre explain the idea behind radians and show how to convert between radians and degrees. There are exercises with answers included so you can practise working with them.

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This NUMBAS exercise lets you practise converting angle measurements from degrees to radians.

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This NUMBAS exercise lets you practice converting angle measurements from radians to degrees.

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This video from Khan Academy introduces the geometry of the right-angled triangle, briefly discusses Pythagoras’ Theorem and defines the standard trigonometric ratios of $\sin$, $\cos$ and $\tan$.

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These notes from MathCentre define the trigonometric ratios for a right-angled triangle, along with some of their common values. Using a calculator to compute these ratios and their inverses is also discussed.

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Use this NUMBAS exercise to practise computing trigonometric ratios for a right-angled triangle. If you try the question several times, you will get questions involving $\sin$, $\cos$ and $\tan$.

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This video from Khan Academy introduces the unit circle and the conventions for measuring angles. It then relates the geometry of the unit circle to the trigonometric ratios.

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This video from patrickJMT shows how to determine which quadrant of the unit circle a given angle corresponds to.

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This NUMBAS exercise lets you practise your knowledge of the definition of the unit circle by determining the coordinates of a point on the circle given an angle in degrees.

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This video from patrickJMT discusses the values of certain special angles and their associated trigonometric ratios, and does so in the context of the unit circle.

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These notes from MathCentre go through some problems involving some special angles in trigonometry and the values of their associated trigonometric ratios, which appear frequently in the subject.

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This NUMBAS exercise allows you to familiarise yourself with these particular angles and values of the trigonometric ratios which you will encounter frequently.

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This video from Khan Academy shows how to compute the reciprocal trigonometric ratios $\sec$, $\csc$ and $\cot$ for a right-angled triangle (along with the standard ratios of $\sin$, $\cos$ and $\tan$).

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These notes from MathCentre introduce the reciprocal trigonometric ratios $\sec$, $\csc$ and $\cot$. Their definitions are covered and their graphs are depicted, and some problems are worked through. There are exercises with answers included which you can use for practice.

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This NUMBAS exercise lets you practise working with the reciprocal trigonometric ratios $\sec$, $\csc$ and $\cot$ by finding values of these ratios for the special angles discussed in the Common Trigonometric Values subsection.

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