Brian McLogan
Learn how to use period as an aide to evaluate sine for a negative angle
👉 Learn how to evaluate trigonometric functions of a given angle. Given an angle greater than 2pi in radians, to evaluate the trigonometric functions of the given angle, we first determine the smallest positive coterminal angle of the...
Brian McLogan
How to find the arc length of a circle using the formula
👉 Learn how to solve problems with arc lengths. You will learn how to find the arc length of a sector, the angle of a sector, or the radius of a circle. An arc of a circle is the curve between a pair of points on the circumference of the...
Brian McLogan
Evaluating for all six trig functions for a point on the unit circle
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Use cofunction identities and trig identities to find the indicated trig functions
👉 Learn how to simplify basic trigonometric identities. To simplify basic trigonometric identities, it is usually more useful to convert all trigonometric functions to sine and cosine functions and then simplify. We will also explore the...
Brian McLogan
Multiply and the then simplify two trig functions
👉 Learn how to simplify trigonometric expressions by factoring, expansion, and re-grouping. To simplify a trigonometric identity means to reduce the identity to the simplest form it can take which may be a number or a simple...
Brian McLogan
Given an expression determine the function and angle
👉 Learn how to evaluate the cosine of an angle in radians 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...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the sum of two angles using the tangent formula, tan
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Graphing Tangent with a Period Change
👉 Learn how to graph a tangent function. To graph a tangent function, we first determine the period (the distance/time for a complete oscillation), the phase shift (the horizontal shift from the parent function), the vertical shift (the...
Brian McLogan
Master Writing an expression as one single angle using double angle formulas
Master Writing an expression as one single angle using double angle formulas
Brian McLogan
Master How to determine the domain and range of the inverse trigonometric functions
Master How to determine the domain and range of the inverse trigonometric functions
Brian McLogan
What is the definition of a secant 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...
Brian McLogan
How to graph the inverse sine given the graph of sine
👉 Learn how to evaluate an expression with the composition of a function and a function inverse. Just like every other mathematical operation, when given a composition of a trigonometric function and an inverse trigonometric function,...
Brian McLogan
Learn How to Graph the Cosecant Function with a Change in Period
👉 Learn all about graphing trigonometric functions. In this playlist, we will explore how to graph the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, cosecant and secant function. We will explore the characteristics of each graph as well as how to...
Brian McLogan
How to Graph Tangent with a Period Change
👉 Learn how to graph a tangent function. To graph a tangent function, we first determine the period (the distance/time for a complete oscillation), the phase shift (the horizontal shift from the parent function), the vertical shift (the...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate six trig functions given an equation and creating a right triangle
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
How to Find the Missing Angle Using Inverse Sine Triangle
👉 Learn how to evaluate inverse trigonometric functions. When an angle is unknown but the value of one of the trigonometric functions of the angle is known, we can evaluate the value of the angle using the inverse trigonometric function...
Brian McLogan
How do we create the graph of the cotangent function
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
What is the formula for arc length with radius and theta
👉 Learn how to solve problems with arc lengths. You will learn how to find the arc length of a sector, the angle of a sector, or the radius of a circle. An arc of a circle is the curve between a pair of points on the circumference of the...
Brian McLogan
What are the intervals of the initial period of tangent and cotangent
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to find the missing angle measure given arc length and radius
👉 Learn how to solve problems with arc lengths. You will learn how to find the arc length of a sector, the angle of a sector, or the radius of a circle. An arc of a circle is the curve between a pair of points on the circumference of the...
Brian McLogan
How to find the degree measure of 2 radians
👉 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.
Brian McLogan
Evaluating the six trig functions for an angle in sixths
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Evaluating for the tangent of an angle using the sum formula, tan
👉 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...