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Finding the Tangent of an Acute Angle in a Right Triangle
In this video, the teacher explains how to use the tangent ratio to find the height of a flying plane. By setting up an equation using the tangent of the given angle and the known distance, the teacher demonstrates how to solve for the...
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Solving for X Using the Cotangent Ratio in Right Triangles
In this video, the teacher explains how to solve for X without using the tangent ratio. Instead, they introduce the cotangent ratio and demonstrate how it can be used to find the length of the leg adjacent to an acute angle in a right...
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Understanding Tangent Values in Right Triangles through Similar Triangles
In this video, we learn how to find the tangent value of an acute angle in a right triangle by using the ratios of the triangle's sides. The tangent value is found by dividing the length of the opposite leg by the length of the adjacent...
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Trig Ratios on the X and Y-Axes: Using Coordinates of the Unit Circle
In this video, the teacher explains how to find the sine, cosine, and tangent of angles on the x and y-axes using coordinates of a unit circle. They also discuss quadrantal angles and the concept of undefined trig ratios.
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How to use the inverse tangent 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
Evaluate the sine, cosine, and tangent for an angle using special right triangles
👉 Learn how to evaluate trigonometric functions using the special right triangles. A right triangle is a triangle with 90 degrees as one of its angles. A special right triangle is a right triangle with the angles 30, 60, 90 degrees or...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the Inverse of Tangent
👉 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
What is the 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...
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Trigonometry: Understanding the Tangent Function
The video is a lecture on the tangent function and its relation to trigonometry. The lecturer explains the importance of accurately labeling triangles and knowing the specific values of the tangent function at certain angles. They also...
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Finding the Inverse Using Tangent
👉 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
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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Understanding the Domain of Trigonometric Functions: Examining Denominators of Trig Ratios
In this video, students will learn about the domain of the six trigonometric functions by examining the denominators of the trig ratios. They will understand the reciprocal pairs of the trig functions and how they can be rewritten in...
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Solving Circle Angle Problems
This video shows the process for solving the problem presented in IGCSE A June 2018 paper 2H Q20, which involves circle angles. Students will understand the properties of angles in circles and how to calculate their sizes. They will...
Brian McLogan
Find the measure of an angle use inverse tangent
👉 Learn how to find a missing angle 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 gives us the relationship between the angles of a right...
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Introduction to the Cosine Function and Trigonometry Ratios
The video explains the basics of trigonometry, the three important ratios (sine, cosine, and tangent) used to calculate side lengths and angles in triangles, and the labeling of right angle triangles. It then focuses on the cosine...
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Find the Measure of Theta when Given the Value of Tangent
👉 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
Determine Your Angle when Given the Value of Tangent
👉 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...
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SohCahToa: Finding Side Lengths and Angles in Right Triangle Problems
This video is on calculating side lengths and angles using sine, cosine, and tangent ratios. The instructor emphasizes the importance of accurately labeling triangles with opposite, adjacent, and hypotenuse sides before selecting a ratio...
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 do we determine the three trig ratios for a triangle
👉 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 solve the missing length of a triangle using tangent
👉 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
What are the three basic trigonometric function ratios
👉 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
Learn to write the three trigonometric function ratios from a triangle
👉 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
Using tangent to find the missing length 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...