Monday, 10 October 2011

Chapter 4.2 (Trigonometric Ratios & Special Angles)


In this unit, our main focus is on trigonometric ratios and special angles.

There are 6 trigonometric ratios for us to memorize - tangent (tan), sine (sin), cosine (cos), cosecant (csc), secant (sec) & cotangent (cot).

While the special angles are 30˚45˚ and 60˚.

Csc, sec & cot are the reciprocal of sin, cos and tan respectively.



  
this is a picture of a special angle ( sixty degree and thirty degree)


this is another picture of a special angle ( forty degree)

however i found a table in my friend's blog which i think its pretty useful.

It really helps me a lot in understanding the triangle. 
In this chapter, we need to use the CAST rule to calculate the exact value for the triangle. 
What is CAST rule ? 
Well, i found a video about the CAST rule, i hope it helps

Feel free to comment if you do not understand, i will try to explain it in detail :)

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