Remember to check
your calculator is in
JMigonometty degrees It should
little D at the top
have a
Sines m sin cos tan
Used to find missing sides or angles of right
angled triangles
Remember SOH CAH10A
f b is
s g
Heneage
The longest sin OPI cos adj tanO opp
side hyp hyp adj
Finding angles
opposite
A oppositethe 0 sin qPyIp
0 05 hadj 0 tan foapdy.fi
angleyouare
given working
out
Example
step 1 Label the sides
NG
h step 2 Decide sinkosltan LENG
o
M y
25.60 SOH CAH TO A
fr Thisexample has 0 a
a so we needto use tan
Step3 Fill in the equation
tan Otp
adj
tan 25 6 3.1
a
step4 Rearrange solve
a tan 25 6 3.1
a 31 6.47 cm 3s f
tanks 6
Example
Step 1 label the sides
G
he Step 2 Decide sinkosltan
I Aqq
o SOH CAH TOA
Thisexample has A H so we
16.9 need to use cos
a
step 3 fill in the equation
cos adj
hyp
0
0514 1
Step4 Solve
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Questions
C
1 4 7 Scan
it F x 3.2 ko D
T Ge E
37 a Calculate
507
Length AC
2 5 B 5cm A
6 b Calculate
ni 8 5.3
length CE
24
x
57
8 Y
3 X 6 4.6 gE3
S 25 a 2
2 S your
25
W X
Calculatethe lengthWX
No El XM 8 Wit l 9 mob 5 0 0 t
8 85 9 ol S obOt t 03 P E 95 9 e 58 S T
may