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Form 3
Trigonometry
Adjacent
side:
The
side
joining
the
angle
with
the
right
angle
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Form 3
Trigonometry
Tangent Ratio
tan(B)
=
Example
1:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
4
cm
Angle
=
60
Opposite
=
4cm
Adjacent = x cm
60
tan =
!
tan 60 =
!
!
!"# !"
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Form
3
=
!
!.!"#
= 2.31
Trigonometry
(Work out the division and give your answer to 2 decimal places)
Example
2:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
8 cm
50
Example
3:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
2 cm
70
Support
Exercise
Pg
307
Exercise
19D
No
1
(d,
e,
g),
No
2
(c,
e,
h)
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Form 3
Trigonometry
Sine
Ratio
sin
(B)
=
Example
1:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
Angle = 24
14.2cm
Opposite
=
x
cm
Hypotenuse = 14.2 cm
24
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!!"#$%&'(%
24 =
!
!".!
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Form 3
Trigonometry
= sin 24 14.2
= 0.4067 14.2
= 5.78
(Work out the multiplication and give your answer to 2 decimal places)
Example
2:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
12.2
cm
70
51
8.5
cm
Support
Exercise
Pg
307
Exercise
19D
No
1(a,
b,
h),
No
2
(a,
d,
g)
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Form 3
Trigonometry
Cosine
Ratio
cos (B) =
Example
1:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
Angle = 20
Adjacent = 10 cm
Hypotenuse = x cm
20
10 cm
=
20 =
!"
!
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=
!"
Trigonometry
10
20
= 10.64
(Work out the division and give your answer to 2 decimal places)
!.!"!#
Example
2:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
=
sin =
SOH
52
6.3cm
The
Three
Trigonometric
Ratios
tan =
TOA
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cos =
CAH
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!!"#$%&'(%
!""!#$%&
!!"#$%&'(%
Support
Exercise
Pg
307
Exercise
19D
No
1
(c,
f,
i),
No
2
(b,
e,
h),
3,
4,
5
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Form 3
Trigonometry
15.9cm
11.7cm
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(Since we are given the opposite and hypotenuse we use the sine ratio)
sin = 0.7358
= sin!! 0.7358
sin =
sin =
!!"#$%&'(%
!!.!
!".!
-1
-1
(In order to work the sin we must first press the SHIFT button and then the SIN button.)
= 47.379
= 47.4
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Form 3
Trigonometry
Example
2:
Work
out
the
size
of
the
angle
marked
with
letter
x.
15.2
cm
is
the
hypotenuse
10.6 c m
15.2cm
cos =
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Form 3
Trigonometry
Example
3:
Work
out
the
size
of
the
angle
marked
with
letter
x.
x
5.3 cm
tan =
Support
Exercise
Pg
309
Exercise
19E
Nos
1
4
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Form 3
Trigonometry
cos =
cos 32 =
100
= cos 32 100
= 0.8480100
= 84.8
Example
2:
Find
the
length
of
side
x.
Support
Exercise
Pg
311
Exercise
19F
No
1
10
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