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Brian McLogan
Learn how to evaluate the tangent of 300 degrees using the unit circle
👉 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 evaluate for sine using coterminal angles and right triangles
👉 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
Find the reference angle and sketch both angles in standard position
👉 Learn how to sketch angles in terms of pi. An angle is the figure formed by two rays sharing the same endpoint. Angle is measured in radians or in degrees. One complete revolution about a point is equivalent to 2pi radians and 360...
Brian McLogan
Find the cofunction of secant given value of tangent
👉 Learn how to evaluate trigonometric functions using trigonometric identities. Trigonometric identities are equalities that involve trigonometric functions. We will focus on the cofunction identities and even-odd identities. The...
Brian McLogan
How to use even and odd identities to solve a trig equation with secant
👉 Learn how to solve trigonometric equations. There are various methods that can be used to evaluate trigonometric identities, they include by factoring out the GCF and simplifying the factored equation. Another method is to use a...
Brian McLogan
Master How to determine the angle of a vector
Master How to determine the angle of a vector
Brian McLogan
Simple way to evaluate trigonometric functions using the Unit Circle
Looking for an easy way to remember the unit circle or just use it to evaluate trigonometric functions. If you are in a pinch of time here is a brief explanation of how I taugh my Algebra 2 students.
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Introduction to Trigonometric Ratios
This video explains how trigonometry can be used to find the height and distance of objects, especially in cases where physical measurement is not possible. It covers the properties of right angle triangles, trigonometric ratios, and how...
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Relative Motion Problem: Solving for the angle of the moving object
It is not obvious in all relative motion problems how to draw the vector diagrams. Sometimes the velocity of the object with respect to the Earth is not the hypotenuse of the velocity vector addition triangle. Here we address how to...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the six trigonometric functions for a value 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...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the 6 trig functions given a coordinate point
👉 Learn all about evaluating trigonometric functions with triangles. In this playlist, we will learn how to evaluate, sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant when given the sides of a triangle. If we have missing sides we...
Brian McLogan
How to evaluate for cos without using a calculator or the unit circle
👉 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
What is the sine function
👉 Learn how to evaluate the six trigonometric functions given a point. When given a point, there are many ways to evaluate the trigonometric functions of the point. The methods include: using the unit circle if the point is a point on...
Brian McLogan
How to Find the Angle Given the Cosine Inverse of a Value on the Unit Circle
👉 Learn how to evaluate the inverse of reciprocal trigonometric functions. Recall that the reciprocal trigonometric functions are given by the ratio of 1 and the corresponding trigonometric function. When an angle is unknown but the...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate inverse cosecant without a calculator
👉 Learn how to evaluate the inverse of reciprocal trigonometric functions. Recall that the reciprocal trigonometric functions are given by the ratio of 1 and the corresponding trigonometric function. When an angle is unknown but the...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to evaluate the six trig functions given a coordinate point
👉 Learn all about evaluating trigonometric functions with triangles. In this playlist, we will learn how to evaluate, sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant when given the sides of a triangle. If we have missing sides we...
Brian McLogan
How to evaluate the half angle of sine
👉 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...
Brian McLogan
Simplifying a basic trigonometric expression
👉 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
Simplify a trig expression by multiplying a cosine
👉 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
Rationalize the denominator to simplify a trig expression
👉 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
Multiply two binomials of trigonometric terms to simplify your expression
👉 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
Learn how to verify an identity squaring a binomial
👉 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
Learn how to verify a simple trigonometric identity
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities having rational expressions. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the term on the left hand side of the equality sign is equal to the term on the right hand side. To...