Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Trigonometric Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
The mathematics session examines trigonometric equations. The tutorial consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource includes a worksheet with applied problems involving...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Glencoe Algebra 2: Solving Trigonometric Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will solve equations for the values of x.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solve Sinusoidal Equations (Basic)

For Students 9th - 10th
Solve equations of the form sin(x)=d or cos(x)=d where d is any number. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solve Sinusoidal Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
Solve equations of the form a*sin(bx+c)=d or a*cos(bx+c)=d where a, b, c, and d are any number. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly or receive hints.
Handout
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Easier Trigonometric Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to solving trigonometric equations, including finding general and particular solutions. The connection between the tangent function and the slope of a line is also covered. Includes several examples and graphs.
Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Trigonometric Ratios

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of lessons and practice exercises on trigonometric ratios. Students will learn how to solve for an angle and for a side, and to apply trigonometry in setting up and solving word problems.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Solving Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial explains how to solve a variety of equations, from simple to complex, and gives examples and solutions. Students are asked to solve for x before looking at a solution.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Useful Trigonometric Identities

For Students 9th - 10th
This list of trigonometric identities includes the factoring formulas near the bottom. A great tool for reference.
Activity
BBC

Bbc: Radians and Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC provides a tutorial that explains how radians are related to degrees and demonstrates how to solve trig equations in radian units. Examples and a practice test are available.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Applications of Inverse Trigonometric Functions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you'll learn how to apply inverse trig functions to solve problems you would see in real-life situations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Using the Trig Angle Addition Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the trig values of sums of angles whose individual trig values are known. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Find Trig Values Using Angle Addition Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the trigonometric values of various angles that (while they are not special angles) can be expressed as the sum or difference of special angles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions...
Handout
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: More Difficult Trig Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to solving trigonometric equations by using the reciprocal, negative, Pythagorean, and cofunction identities. Includes several examples and exercises with solutions at the bottom of the page.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Trigonometric Equations With Multiple Angles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use a number of strategies (including Algebra II and properties of conjunction techniques) to find all solutions for trigonometric equations using multiple angles.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Trigonometric Function

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from Wikipedia, a free and open-source encyclopedia, covers how to solve a variety of trigonometric equations, most of which involve substitution with a trigonometric identity. The identities themselves are not covered, but...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 4.6 Transformations of Trigonometric Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore how changes to the equations of sine and cosine functions affect the graphs of the functions through transformations (stretches and shifts).
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Trigonometric Identities and Equations

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describe general forms and graphs for cosine and sine equations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Trigonometry: Evaluate Inverse Trig Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a sine, cosine, or tangent value, find the principle angle that has this value. In other words, find the arcsine, arccosine, or arctangent of that value. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Proving Trigonometric Identities

For Students 9th - 10th
An "identity" is a tautology, an equation or statement that is always true, no matter what. Proving an identity is very different in concept from solving an equation. This resource demonstrates some useful techniques for proving...
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Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra & Trig Review

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The tutorial reviews algebra and trigonometric topics needed in Calculus. Topics examined are solving equations, rational expressions, absolute value, solving trigonometric functions, exponentials, and logarithms. Class notes,...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Trigonometric Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists the basic trigonometric identities, and specifies the set of trig identities to keep track of, as being the most useful ones for calculus.
Activity
Math Words

Math words.com: Trig Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This MathWords.com site lists the equations for all of the trigonometric identities.
Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is an Equation?

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Explains the different types of equations and provides examples to solve.
Activity
Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...