Application of Trigonometry

Application of Trigonometry
High-resolution computer graphics and complex numbers make it possible to produce beautiful shapes called fractals. Benoit B. Mandelbrot rst used the term fractal in 1975. At its basic level, a fractal is a unique, enchanting geometric gure with an endless self-similarity property. A fractal image repeats itself innitely with ever-decreasing dimensions. If you look at smaller and smaller portions of a fractal image, you will continue to see the wholemuch like looking into two parallel mirrors that are facing each other. The Law of Sines :- Until now, our work with triangles has been limited to right triangles. However, the concepts developed in Chapter 5 can be extended to all triangles. Every triangle has three sides and three angles. If any three of the six measures of a triangle are known (provided at least one measure is the length of a side), then the other three measures can be found. This is called solving the triangle . Keep in mind that whenever SAS, ASA, or SSS is given, the triangle is unique. We continue to label triangles as we did earlier with right triangles: side a opposite angle A, side b opposite angle B, and side c opposite angle C. A triangle that is not a right triangle is called an oblique triangle. The measures of the three sides and the three angles of a triangle can be found if at least one side and any other two measures are known. Know More About :- Pythagorean Theorem

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The Law of Cosines :- As mentioned in Section 8.1, if we are given two sides and the included angle (Case 3) or three sides (Case 4) of a triangle, then a unique triangle is determined. These are the SAS and SSS cases, respectively. Both cases require using the law of cosines . Remember the following property of triangles when applying the law of cosines to solve a triangle. Triangle Side Length Restriction :- In any triangle, the sum of the lengths of any two sides must be greater than the length of the remaining side. That is, according to the law of cosines, the square of a side of a triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, minus twice the product of those two sides and the cosine of the angle included between them. Vectors, Operations, and the Dot Product :- Many quantities involve magnitudes, such as 45 lb or 60 mph. These quantities are called scalars and can be represented by real numbers. Other quantities, called vector quantities, involve both magnitude and direction. Typical vector quantities are velocity, acceleration, and force. For example, traveling 50 mph east represents a vector quantity. A vector quantity is often represented with a directed line segment (a segment that uses an arrowhead to indicate direction), called a vector. The length of the vector represents the magnitude of the vector quantity. The direction of the vector, indicated by the arrowhead, represents the direction of the quantity. For example, the vector in Figure 16 represents a force of 10 lb applied at an angle of 30 from the horizontal. The symbol for a vector is often printed in boldface type. When writing vectors by hand, it is customary to use an arrow over the letter or letters. Thus OP and both represent the vector OP. Vectors may be named with either one lowercase or uppercase letter, or two uppercase letters. When two letters are used, the rst indicates the initial point and the second indicates the terminal point of the vector. Knowing these points gives the direction of the vector. For example, vectors OP and PO in Figure 17 are not the same vector. They have the same magnitude, but opposite directions. The magnitude of vector OP is written Two vectors are equal if and only if they have the same direction and the same magnitude. In Figure 18, vectors A and B are equal, as are vectors C and D. As Figure 18 shows, equal vectors need not coincide, but they must be parallel. Vectors A and E are unequal because they do not have the same direction, while because they have different magnitudes.

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