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- Review of Trig Definitions.
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- You MUST have the following information at your fingertips at all times.
- If you don't, you have NO CHANCE of doing "well" in Calculus I, II, & III.
- Unlike many other subjects, success in Mathematics depends critically on
- the prerequisite material.
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- ┌───────────────────┐
- │ Basic Definitions │
- └───────────────────┘
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- B
- /▌
- / ▌
- / ▌
- c / ▌ a
- Hypotenuse / ▌ Opposite side
- / ▌
- /______▌
- A b C
- Adjacent
- side
- 2 2 2
- This is a right-angled triangle, so that a + b = c .
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- If angle CAB = α (alpha)
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- then
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- sin α = a/c (Opposite/Hypotenuse)
- cos α = b/c (Adjacent/Hypotenuse)
- tan α = a/b (Opposite/Adjacent)
- cot α = b/a (Adjacent/Opposite) = 1 / tan α
- sec α = c/b (Hypotenuse/Adjacent) = 1 / cos α
- csc α = c/a (Hypotenuse/Opposite) = 1 / sin α
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- ┌─────────────────────┐
- │ Radians and Degrees │
- └─────────────────────┘
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- Although many calculus problems are posed in terms of degrees, calculations
- are almost always done in radians. You must be able to switch from one set
- of units to the other without sweating. The conversion is simple, if you
- remember
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- 18O° = π radians
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- so, remember it!
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- ┌──────────────┐
- │ Basic Values │
- └──────────────┘
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- ┌──────────╥─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
- │ Angle ║ O │ π/6 │ π/4 │ π/3 │ π/2 │
- ╞══════════╬═════════╪═════════╪═════════╪═════════╪═════════╡
- │ SINE ║ O │ 1/2 │ √2/2 │ √3/2 │ 1 │
- │ COSINE ║ 1 │ √3/2 │ √2/2 │ 1/2 │ O │
- └──────────╨─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
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- These particular values are used frequently in calculus problems, and every
- instructor assumes you can recite them at any time. If you can't - GOODBYE!
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- ┌───────────────────────┐
- │ Elementary Identities │
- └───────────────────────┘
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- sin (-x) = - sin x
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- cos (-x) = cos x
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- 2 2
- sin x + cos x = 1
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- 2 2
- tan x + 1 = sec x
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- 2 2
- 1 + cot x = csc x
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- These last two identities can be obtained from the previous one very easily.
- As an exercise you should make sure you can obtain them that way.
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