Brian McLogan
The intro to the trig functions for points on the unit circle
👉 Learn about the points on the unit circle. A unit circle is a circle which radius is 1 and is centered at the origin in the cartesian coordinate system. To construct the unit circle we take note of the points where the unit circle...
Brian McLogan
Solve for the missing side of a right triangle using the pythagorean theorem ex
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
How to classify a triangle using the Pythagorean inequality Theorem ex 2
👉 Learn how to classify triangles. A triangle is a polygon with three sides. Triangles are classified on the basis of its angles or on the basis of its side lengths. The classification of triangles on the bases of its angles are: acute,...
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...
Curated Video
Using Pythagorean Theorem to Find the Distance Between Two Points
In this video lesson we will learn how to create a right triangle in the coordinate plane to use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the diagonal distance between to points. We will find the perimeter of a right triangle in the coordinate...
Brian McLogan
Determining a missing length using the properties of a rhombus
👉 Learn how to solve problems with rhombuses. A rhombus is a parallelogram such that all the sides are equal. Some of the properties of rhombuses are: all the sides are equal, each pair of opposite sides are parallel, each pair of...
Brian McLogan
How to use the sine function to find the missing side of a triangle
👉 Learn about the special right triangles. A special right triangle is a right triangle having angles of 30, 60, 90, or 45, 45, 90. Knowledge of the ratio of the length of sides of a special right triangle enables us to solve for any...
Brian McLogan
Given an equation evaluate for the six trig functions using 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
Evaluate the composition of inverse trig function in terms of x
👉 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
Find the missing length using special right triangles
Find the missing length using special right triangles
Curated Video
Proof of The Pythagorean Theorem
In this video we will prove why the Pythagorean Theorem is true for a right triangle. We will visually create squares of each side to prove the theorem. Grade 8 Common Core Topics/Standards
Brian McLogan
Learn to find the bearing back to port by using trigonometry
👉 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
Evaluating the composition of Functions
👉 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
Right Triangles | Trigonometry | Pre-Calculus
In this lesson I will show you how evaluate the six trigonometric functions with right triangles. We will begin by finding the missing side of a triangle with the pythagorean theorem and then transcend into identifying the sides of a...
Math Fortress
Calculus III: Three Dimensional Vectors (Level 1 of 3)
This video covers Three Dimensional Vectors. This video goes over the various properties associated with three dimensional vectors. 3 basic examples are also covered illustrating how to solve problems that make use of vectors in space.
Brian McLogan
Applying the pythagorean inequality theorem to classify triangles as acute right or obtus
Learn about the Pythagorean theorem. The Pythagoras theorem is a fundamental relation among the three sides of a right triangle. It is used to determine the missing length of a right triangle. The Pythagoras theorem states that the...
Brian McLogan
Solve for the missing side length using the Pythagorean theorem ex 2
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the composition of inverse trig function with x
👉 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
Evaluate the sum difference identities of two triangles
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to verify an identity by multiplication
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Master Evaluating the half angle for sine, cosine, and tangent given a right triangle
Master Evaluating the half angle for sine, cosine, and tangent given a right triangle
Curated Video
Pythagorean Theorem and the Coordinate Plane
This video lesson will introduce how to find the distance in the Coordinate Plane using the Pythagorean Theorem.
Brian McLogan
Sketch a triangle given a trig angle then determine remaining trig functions of angle
👉 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...