Tutorial and Review Center: Definition of Trigonometric Functions
Tutorial and Review Center: Definition of Trigonometric Functions
opposite
=
Hypotenuse
a
b
csc
A=
b
a
cos A =
adjacent
=
Hypotenuse
b
c
sec
A=
c
b
tan A =
opposite
adjacent
a
b
cot
A=
b
a
QUADRANTAL ANGLES
0o
90 o
180 o
270 o
360 o
sin
0
1
0
-1
0
cos
1
0
-1
0
1
II
tan
0
Undefined
0
Undefined
0
cot
Undefined
0
Undefined
0
Undefined
sec
1
Undefined
-1
Undefined
1
csc
Undefined
1
Undefined
-1
Undefined
cot
sec
csc
all functions
positive
positive
III
IV
positive
positive
SPECIAL ANGLES
sin
cos
tan
30o
45o
60o
1/2
2/2
3/2
3/2
2/2
1/2
3/3
1
3
3
1
3/3
2
2
3/3
23/3
2
2
45
60
__
2
1
2
1
90
30
90
__
3
45
FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITIES
RECIPROCAL IDENTITIES
cot
QOUTIENT IDENTITIES
_1__
tan
tan =
sin
cos
csc =
_1__
sin
cot =
cos
sin
sec =
_1__
cos
PHYTAGOREAN IDENTITIES
(sin2 ) + cos2 = 1
sin 2 = 1 cos2 or cos2 = 1- sin 2
tan2 + 1 = sec 2
sin2 + cos2 = _1_
cos2
cos2 cos
may also be written as:
tan2 = sec 2 - 1
1 + cot 2 = csc2
sin2 + cos2 = _ 1_
sin2
sin2
sin2
IDENTITIES FOR NEGATIVE ANGLES
sin (-) = - sin
cos (-)
- cos
tan (-) =
sin (A B)
sin (A + B)
=
=
tan (A B)
_tan A tan B_
tan (A+ B)
- tan
_tan A + tan
B_
1 + tan A tan B
DOUBLE ANGLES
cos 2A = cos2 A - sin2 A
sin 2A
= 2 sin A cos A
1 - tan A tan B
tan 2A
HALF ANGLE
cos A
2
sin
A
2
Tan A
2
Tan A
2
=
2 tan A__
1 tan2 A
____________
_1 + cos A
2
___________
=
+
_1 - cos A
2
___________
=
+
_1 - cos A
or
1 + cos A
=
_sin A_
or Tan A
1 + cos A
PRODUCT
sin A cos B = [ sin (A + B) + sin (A B)]
cos A sin B
= [ sin (A + B) - sin (A B)]
cos A cos B = [ cos (A + B) + cos (A B)]
sin A
sin B
= [ cos (A - B) - cos (A + B)]
+
2
_1 - cos A
sin A