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Given a circle on a graph learn to write the equation of the circle
Learn how to write the equation of a circle. A circle is a closed shape such that all points are equidistance (equal distance) from a fixed point. The fixed point is called the center of the circle while the distance between any point of...
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What are the basics for the parent graph of tangent
👉 Learn the basics of graphing a tangent and a cotangent function. To plot the tangent and the cotangent graph we choose a set of points and form a table of values with which we plot the points on the x-y coordinate axis to obtain the...
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Learn how to evaluate the three trig functions given a trig equation and constraint
👉 Learn how to evaluate the six trigonometric functions given the value of one of the trigonometric functions. When given the value of one of the trigonometric functions of an angle, we can evaluate the values of the other trigonometric...
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Learn how to evaluate the six trig functions given an equation and constraint
👉 Learn how to evaluate the six trigonometric functions given some constraints. When given the value of one trigonometric function, we can use a right triangle with one of its legs on the x-axis and the other leg, perpendicular to the...
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Write sum and difference formula for tangent as one trig function
👉 Learn how to write a given sum or difference of two angles formula expression as a single sum/difference of angles trigonometric function. To do this, we first identify the trigonometric function for which its sum/difference formula is...
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Using the addition of two angles and tangent
👉 Learn how to evaluate the tangent of an angle in degrees using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first express the given angle as a sum or a difference of two (easy to evaluate) angles, then we use the unit circle and the...
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Addition and subtraction and use fundamental identities
👉 Learn how to simplify rational identities involving addition and subtraction. To simplify rational identities involving addition and subtraction, first, we find the LCM of the denominators which most time is the product of the terms in...
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Half angle of tangent given an angle
👉 Learn how to evaluate the Sine of an angle using the half-angle formula. The half-angle formula for Sine is helpful when you need to determine the exact value of function given an angle but cannot use a calculator or the angle is not...
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Exam Review Solve word problem with changing angle
👉 Learn how to solve the word problems with trigonometry. Word problems involving angles, including but not limited to: bearings, angle of elevations and depressions, triangles problems etc are solved using trigonometry. To be able to...
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Master Verifying trigonometric identities with rational expressions
Master Verifying trigonometric identities with rational expressions
Brian McLogan
What is the tangent function
👉 Learn all about the trigonometry of right triangles. A right triangle is a triangle that has 90 degrees as one of its angles. The trigonometric identities of right triangles give us the relationship between the angles of a right...
Brian McLogan
How to use the tangent function to find the missing opposite side of a triangle
👉 Learn how to find a missing side length of a right triangle. A right triangle is a triangle that has 90 degrees as one of its angles. The trigonometric identities of right triangles give us the relationship between the angles of a...
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How to apply sine to find the missing side of a triangle
👉 Learn how to find a missing side length of a right triangle. A right triangle is a triangle that has 90 degrees as one of its angles. The trigonometric identities of right triangles give us the relationship between the angles of a...
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What is the difference between a secant and tangent line
Learn the essential definitions of the parts of a circle. A secant line to a circle is a line that crosses exactly two points on the circle while a tangent line to a circle is a line that touches exactly one point on the circle. A chord...
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Learn to find the missing angle outside of a circle with a secant and tangent line
Learn how to solve problems with secant lines. A secant line is a line that intersects a circle at exactly 2 points in contrast to a tangent line which is a line that touches a circle at exactly one point. When two secant lines...
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Given a line tangent to a circle find the value of x
Learn how to solve problems with tangent line. A tangent line to a circle is a line that touches the circle at exactly one point. The tangent line to a circle makes a right angle with the radius of the circle at the point of its...
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How to find the height of a tree given the angle of elevation
👉 Learn how to solve the word problems with trigonometry. Word problems involving angles, including but not limited to: bearings, angle of elevations and depressions, triangles problems etc are solved using trigonometry. To be able to...
Brian McLogan
Rewriting a number in radians in degrees using the conversion ratio
👉 Learn how to convert angles from radians to degrees. Recall that pi radians is equivalent to 180 degrees. Thus, when given an angle in radians, to convert the angle to degrees we multiply the given angle radians by the ratio 180/pi.
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Evaluate the six trigonometric functions for the given real number
👉 Learn how to evaluate the six trigonometric functions of a given angle. When given an angle we locate the angle on the unit circle. Then using the coordinate of the terminal side of the angle on the unit circle and the definitions of...
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Evaluate for your six trig functions given an angle on the x axis
👉 Learn how to evaluate the six trigonometric functions of a given angle. When given an angle we locate the angle on the unit circle. Then using the coordinate of the terminal side of the angle on the unit circle and the definitions of...
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SAT ACT Prep What is the area of the shaded region
SAT ACT Prep What is the area of the shaded region
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Use two triangles to evaluate the tangent sum formula
👉 Learn how to evaluate the secant of the sum or difference of two angles using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first use the Pythagoras theorem to obtain all the sides of the right triangle in the unit circle. Recall that...
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Learn how to find the exact value of an angle using sum formula for tangent
👉 Learn how to evaluate the tangent of an angle in degrees using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first express the given angle as a sum or a difference of two (easy to evaluate) angles, then we use the unit circle and the...
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Learn how to verify an identify by distributive property
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities by expanding the trigonometric expressions. When the given trigonometric expressions involve multiplications with more than one term in parenthesis, we start by expanding the expressions...