Solving Problems in Trigonometry

This video from patrickJMT discusses properties of $\sin$, $\cos$ and $\tan$, and whether they are odd or even. This is a particularly useful property to remember when working on trigonometry problems.

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This video from patrickJMT shows an example of using double angle formulae for trigonometric functions to find particular angles. These formulae are also useful in integration problems.

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This video from Khan Academy shows how to use identities for $\sin$ and $\cos$ which are derived from Pythagoras’ Theorem. These identities are very useful for simplifying expressions which can make solving problems much easier.

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These notes from MathCentre introduce some trigonometric identities that you may find useful. They also work through using these identities to solve trigonometric problems. There are also exercises with answers given which you can use to practice.

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This NUMBAS exercise lets you test what you’ve learned and apply it to finding particular angles, or their associated trigonometric ratios.

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This video from patrickJMT introduces Pythagoras’ theorem and gives a couple of worked examples of using it to solve for a side of a right-angled triangle, along with a word problem.

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These notes from MathCentre gives some examples of how to use Pythagoras’ theorem, for both right-angled triangles and for finding the diagonal of a cuboid. There are exercises throughout with answers at the end.

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These NUMBAS exercises let you test what you’ve learned to find one side of a right angled triangle given the other two using Pythagoras’ theorem. The last part asks you to use Pythagoras’ Theorem to find the sine of an angle given its cosine, and vice versa.

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This video from Khan Academy shows how to find the unknown sides and angles of a triangle given two angles and a side by using the Sine Rule.

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Page 1 of these notes from MathCentre introduces the sine rule, along with a worked example detailing how to use it. There are exercises at the end that you can use for practice.

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These NUMBAS exercises allow you to use what you’ve learned to find the missing information for a triangle, given some information about its sides and angles.

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This video from Khan Academy shows how to solve for a side of a triangle using the cosine rule. It also gives instructions on how to compute the answer using a calculator.

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Page 2 of these notes from MathCentre introduces the cosine rule, along with a worked example detailing how to use it. There are exercises at the end that you can use for practice.

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These NUMBAS exercises let you practise using the cosine rule to compute missing information for a triangle. There are two cases, one where you know all three sides, and one where you know two sides and an angle.

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This video from patrickJMT shows how to find a side of a right-angled triangle using the trigonometric ratios.

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These notes from MathCentre introduce, and show how the sine, cosine and tangent trigonometric ratios are used in problem solving for right-angled triangles. There are exercises with answers included for practice.

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