Skip main navigation

It’s your turn on trigonometry by the unit circle

solutions to the exercises

Do your best in trying to solve the following problems.

In any case some of them are solved in the video and all of them are solved in the pdf file below. Also, it may be useful to know the values of the sine and cosine at (pi/6, pi/4, pi/3) (see step 2.11): (sin (pi/6)=1/2, sin (pi/4)=sqrt2/2, sin (pi/3)=sqrt3/2) (cos (pi/6)=sqrt 3/2, cos (pi/4)=sqrt2/2, cos(pi/3)=1/2) Also. recall that (sin(pi+t)=-sin t, ,cos(pi+t)=-cos t) (sin (pi-t)=sin t,, cos(pi-t)=-cos t) (check these identities on the trigonometric circle. Guess the values of (sin(pi/2-t)) and of (cos(pi/2-t) )

Exercise 1.

Compute (cos dfrac {2pi}3), (tanleft(-dfrac pi 3right)) and (sindfrac{19pi}4).

Exercise 2.

Compute the following values: [1) sin dfrac 76pi, cos dfrac {17}6pi, tan dfrac 76pi;] [2) sin dfrac 53pi, cos dfrac {11}3pi, tan dfrac 53pi;] [3) cosleft(- dfrac 76piright), cosleft(- dfrac pi6right), sinleft(- dfrac {2pi}3right). ]

This article is from the free online

Advanced Precalculus: Geometry, Trigonometry and Exponentials

Created by
FutureLearn - Learning For Life

Reach your personal and professional goals

Unlock access to hundreds of expert online courses and degrees from top universities and educators to gain accredited qualifications and professional CV-building certificates.

Join over 18 million learners to launch, switch or build upon your career, all at your own pace, across a wide range of topic areas.

Start Learning now