Introduction

There are six functions that are the core of

trigonometry. There are three primary ones.
Sine (sin)
Cosine (cos)
Tangent (tan)
The other three are not used as often and can
be derived from the three primary functions.
Secant (sec)
Cosecant (csc)
Cotangent (cot)

A-is the length of the sideadjacent to the angle

(x) in question.
O-is the length of the sideopposite the angle.
H-is the length of thehypotenuse.
"x" represents the measure of ther angle in
either degrees or radians.

Sine

sin x = o/h

Cosine

cos x=a/h

Tangent

tan x=o/a

Cosecant

csc x=h/o

Cosecant

sec x=h/a

Cotangent

cot x=a/o

SOLVING REAL LIFE

SITUATIONS OF THE SIX
TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS

LAW OF SINE:
You are a woodworker about to cut a
triangle out of a piece of wood. You want
your bottom side of the triangle to be 7.4
inches. You want the side to the left of
the bottom to be 12.5 inches. The angle
opposite the bottom side needs to be 36
degrees. What must the angle be
opposite the 12.5
side?
3
6
12.5

X
7.4

Solving
SinA/a=sinB/b
Sin36/7.4=SinA/12.5
7.4SinA=12.5Sin36
7.4SinA/7.4=12.5Sin36/7.4
SinA=7.35/7.4
SinA=Arcsin^Ans
Sin=81.89

Law of Cosine
An aircraft tracking station determines the
distance from a common point O to each aircraft
and the angle between the aircrafts. If angle O
between the two aircrafts is equal to 49o and
the distances from point O to the two aircrafts
are 50 km and 72 km, find distance d between
the two aircrafts.

2 (72)(50)

b2= 722+ 502cos(49o)

=5184 + 2500 -7200

cos49
= 7684-4723.63
2
b = 2960.37
b=54.40

Law of Tangent
At 57" from the base of a building you need
to look up at 55 to see the top of a
building. What is the height of the
building?
tan(55) =
height/57
tan(55) =

height = 57
81.4"