Revise: Trigonometry
Angles in standard position, degree-radian conversion, arc length and sector area, the six trigonometric ratios and their relations, special angles, solving right triangles, and angles of elevation and depression.
SOH-CAH-TOA: sinθ=opp/hyp, cosθ=adj/hyp, tanθ=opp/adj.
opp=3,adj=4,hyp=5 → sinθ=3/5.
Exact values for 0°,30°,45°,60°,90° from special right triangles.
sin30°=1/2, cos30°=√3/2.
Standard position: vertex at origin, initial side on positive x-axis.
400° is coterminal with 40°.
A = (1/2)r²θ — a sector is the θ/2π fraction of the full circle.
r=10, θ=π/3 → A≈52.4.
Six ratios from opp/adj/hyp; the same for all similar right triangles.
opp=6,adj=8,hyp=10 → cosθ=0.8.
sin²θ+cos²θ=1; tanθ=sinθ/cosθ.
cosθ=12/13 → sinθ=5/13.
Derive from 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles; 30°/60° values swap.
tan45°=1.
One side + one other measurement solves the whole triangle.
∠C=35°, hyp=10 → AB≈5.74, BC≈8.19, ∠A=55°.
Elevation: up from horizontal. Depression: down from horizontal. Equal by alternate angles.
40m away, 32° elevation → height≈25m.