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Example Question #1 : Find The Degree Measure Of An Angle For Which The Value Of A Trigonometric Function Is Known
Solve for all x on the interval
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Solve for all x on the interval
We can begin by recalling which two quadrants have a positive sine. Because sine corresponds to the y-value, we know that sine is positive in quadrants I and II.
Next, recall where we get .
always corresponds to our
-increment angles. In this case, the angles we are looking for are
and
, because those are the two
-increment angles in the first two quadrants.
Now, you might be saying, "what about ? That is an increment of 45."
While that is true, , not
So our answer is:
,
Example Question #2 : Find The Degree Measure Of An Angle For Which The Value Of A Trigonometric Function Is Known
Solve for all x on the interval
Solve for all x on the interval
Remember Soh, Cah, Toa?
For this problem it helps to recall that
Since our tangent is equal to 1 in this problem, we know that our opposite and adjacent sides must be the same (otherwise we wouldn't get "1" when we divided them)
Can you think of any angles in the first quadrant which yield equal x and y values?
If you guessed you guessed right! Remember that your
angle in the unit circle will give you a
triangle, which will have equal height and base.
Example Question #1 : Evaluating Trig Functions
The above triangle is a right triangle. Find the value of (in degrees).
One can setup the relationship
.
After taking the arccosine,
the arccosine cancels out the cosine leaving just the value of .
Example Question #9 : Evaluating Trig Functions
What is the value of (in degrees)?
One can setup the relationship
.
After taking the arctangent,
the arctangent cancels out the tangent and we are left with the value of .
Example Question #10 : Evaluating Trig Functions
Solve for :
or
or
or
or
or
or
If the sine of an angle, in this case is
, the angle must be
or
.
Then we need to solve for theta by dividing by 3:
Example Question #3 : Find The Degree Measure Of An Angle For Which The Value Of A Trigonometric Function Is Known
Which of the following could be a value of ?
Which of the following could be a value of ?
To begin, it will be helpful to recall the following property of tangent:
This means that if our sine and cosine must have equal absolute values, but with opposite signs.
The only place where we will have equal values for sine and cosine will be at the locations halfway between our quadrantal angles (axes). In other words, our answer will align with one of the angles.
Additionally, because our sine and cosine must have opposite signs (one negative and one positive), we need to be in either quadrant 2 or quadrant 4. There is only answer from either of those two, so our answer must be .
Example Question #4 : Find The Degree Measure Of An Angle For Which The Value Of A Trigonometric Function Is Known
Find if
and it is located in Quadrant I.
Since we know the value of the trigonometric function and the triangle is located in Quadrant I, we can draw the triangle and get a sense of it. If the opposite side is 1 and the hypotenuse is 2, we know that we're dealing with a 30-60-90 special triangle. And since the opposite side of the angle is 1, we know that the angle is .
Example Question #5 : Find The Degree Measure Of An Angle For Which The Value Of A Trigonometric Function Is Known
Given the equation , what is one possible value of
?
Find 1 possible value of Given the following:
Recall that
So if , then
Thinking back to our unit circle, recall that cosine corresponds to the x-value. Therefore, we must be in quadrants II or III.
So, which angles correspond to an x-value of -0.5? Well, they must be the angles closest to the y-axis, which are our increment angles.
This means our angle must be either
or
It must be , because 240 is not an option.
Note that there are technically infinte solutions, because we are not given a specific interval. However, we only need to worry about one.
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