Ready, Set, Go! Trigonometry

by Friedman, Mel

• ISBN13: 9780738604558
• ISBN10: 0738604550
• Edition: Workbook
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-25
• Publisher: Research & Education Assn
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Summary

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Icons Explained

Letters to Students, Parents, and Teachers

About REA

Acknowledgments

Graphs of Points and Angles

Rectangular coordinate system

Types of angles

Radians

Test Yourself!

Basics of Trigonometric Ratios - Part 1

Standard position of an angle

Quadrantal angles

Sine ratio

Test Yourself!

Basics of Trigonometric Ratios - Part 2

Measurement of angles greater than 90°

Reference angles

Cosine ratio

Test Yourself!

Basics of Trigonometric Ratios - Part 3

Tangent ratio

Relationship among the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios

Test Yourself!

Basics of Trigonometric Ratios - Part 4

Cosecant ratio

Secant ratio

Cotangent ratio

Trigonometric identities

Test Yourself!

(Lessons 1-5)

Special Angles and Trigonometric Ratio Values

Trigonometric ratios for quadrantal angles

Trigonometric ratios for a 30°-60°-90° triangle

Trigonometric ratios for a 45°-45°-90° triangle

Test Yourself!

Inverse Trigonometric Values

Definition of the inverses of trigonometric ratios

Inverses of tangent, sine, and cosine ratios

Inverses of cotangent, cosecant, and secant ratios

Test Yourself!

Right Triangles - Part 1

Solve for a missing side, given the values of two sides

Solve for a missing side, given the values of a side and an angle

Solve for a missing angle, given the values of two sides

Word problem applications

Test Yourself!

Right Triangles - Part 2

Solve for missing angles or sides for two overlapping triangles

Solve for missing angles or sides for two triangles with a common side

Test Yourself!

(Lessons 6-9)

Oblique Triangles - Part 1

Law of Sines

Solving for a side, given the values of two angles and a non-included side

Solving for a side, given the values of two angles and an included side

Solving for an angle, given the values of two sides and a non-included angle

Test Yourself!

Oblique Triangles - Part 2

Law of Cosines

Solving for a side, given the values of two sides and an included angle

Solving for an angle, given the values of all three sides

Heron's formula for the area of a triangle

Test Yourself!

Four-Sided Figures

Solving for missing side or diagonal of a square

Solving for missing side, diagonal or angle of a rectangle

Solving for missing side, diagonal or angle of a rhombus

Solving for missing side, diagonal or angle of a parallelogram

Test Yourself!

(Lessons 10-12)

Trigonometric Equations - Part 1

Solving linear equations in one trigonometric ratio

Solving simple quadratic equations in one trigonometric ratio

Solving quadratic equations in one trigonometric ratio by factoring

Test Yourself!

Trigonometric Equations - Part 2

Solving equations in two trigonometric ratios, using identities

Test Yourself!

Trigonometric Equations - Part 3

Solving linear equations in one trigonometric ratio of a double angle

Solving quadratic equations in one trigonometric ratio of a double angle by factoring

Solving quadratic equations in sine and cosine ratios of a double angle by factoring

Test Yourself!

(Lessons 13-15)

Cumulative Exam

Answer Key

Scorecard

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Excerpts

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