Varsity Trigonometry Questions

Q: Express the ordered pair (3, -3) in Polar form. Express angular measure in radians.

A: (3 times the square root of 2, - pi over 4) or (3 times the square root of 2, 7 pi over 4)

Q: Express the ordered pair (6, -6) in Polar form. Express angular measure in radians.

A: (6 times the square root of 2, - pi over 4) or (6 times the square root of 2, 7 pi over 4)

Q: Express the Polar ordered pair (7, 3 pi) in Cartesian form.

A: (-7, 0)

Q: Express the Polar ordered pair (4, 2 pi) in Cartesian form.

A: (4, 0)

Q: Given the equation y = 15 sine (6 x – pi over 7), find the magnitude of the phase shift.

A: pi over 42

Q: Given the equation y = 8 sine (6 t + 15 pi), find the magnitude of the phase shift. Express
your answer as an improper fraction.

A: 5 pi/2

Q: Given the equation y = 8 sine (4 t + 18 pi), find the magnitude of the phase shift. Express
your answer as an improper fraction.

A: 9 pi/2

Q: Given the equation y = 8 sine (6 t + 24 pi), find the magnitude of the phase shift. Express
your answer as an improper fraction.

A: 4 pi

Q: Given the equation y = 5 sine (10 t + 12), find the magnitude of the phase shift. Express
your answer as an improper fraction.

A: 6/5

Q: Given the equation y = 4 sine (7 t + 35 pi), find the magnitude of the phase shift. Express
your answer as an improper fraction.

A: 5 pi
Q: Given the periodic function y = -2 times the sine of the quantity (2x + pi over 2), determine
the wavelength?

A: pi

Q: Given the equation y = 1/7 times the sine of 3 pi t + 12, determine the period of the
function.

A: 2/3

Q: Given the equation y = 1/4 times the sine of 3 pi t + 12, determine the period of the
function.

A: 2/3

Q: Given the equation y = 1/10 times the sine of 5 pi t + 20, determine the period of the
function.

A: 2/5

Q: Determine the period of the function: y = 18 sine (2 x - 8 pi t), where x represents

displacement and t represents time.

A: 1/4

Q: Given the equation y = 1/6 times the sine of 7 pi over 2t + 4/5, determine the period of the
function.

A: 4/7

Q: Given the equation y = 1/6 times the sine of 4 pi t + 8, determine the period of the function.

A: 1/2

Q: Given the equation y = -2 times the sine of the quantity (2 pi x + 3 pi over 8), determine
the magnitude of the phase shift.

A: 3 over 16

Q: What is the frequency of the function y = 7 times the cosine of pi x?

A: 1/2

Q: What is the frequency of the function y = 1/4 times the sine of 12 pi x?

A: 6
Q: What is the frequency of the function y = 1/8 times the sine of 20 pi x?

A: 10

Q: What is the frequency of the function y = 1/8 times the sine of 40 pi x?

A: 20

Q: What is the value of the tangent of 7 pi over 4 radians?

A: -1

Q: What is the value of the tangent of 5 pi radians?

A: 0

Q: What is the value of the tangent of 5 pi over 4 radians times the tangent of pi over 3
radians?

A: the square root of 3

Q: What is the product of the sine’s of 45 degrees and 180 degrees?

A: 0

Q: Expressing your answer in radians, determine the arc cosine of 0.866.

A: pi over 6

Q: Calculate the sine of 75 degrees?

A: square root of 6 + the square root of 2 all over 4

Q: Evaluate the sine of 390 degrees.

A: ½ or .5

Q: Evaluate the sine of 480 degrees.

A: the square root of 3 over 2

Q: Evaluate the tangent of negative 60 degrees.

A: negative square root of 3

Q: Evaluate the tangent of negative 135 degrees.

A: 1

Q: What is the reference angle for 420 degrees?

A: 60 degrees

Q: Given the tangent of x equals 9/40, determine the cosine of x. Rationalize, if necessary.

A: 40/41

Q: Given: the sine of x = 3/5 and pi/2 is less than x which is less than pi; what is the value of
the cosecant of x?

A: 5/3

Q: What conic section would be graphed from the equation: the quantity x minus 2 squared
divided by 6 minus the quantity y minus 3 squared divided by 5 equals 2?

A: Hyperbola

Q: What conic section would be graphed from the equation: the quantity x minus 2 squared
divided by 6 minus the quantity y minus 4 squared divided by 8 equals 2?

A: Hyperbola

Q: What is the principal arc cosine of negative the square root of 3 over 2, expressed as a
positive angle in radians?

A: 5 pi over 6

Q: If the tangent of a first-quadrant angle equals 8/11, what is the value of the angle’s
cosecant? Leave your answer in radical form, if necessary.

A: the square root of 185 over 8

Q: Given a right triangle with sides of 18 and 80, and an angle theta opposite the side of
length 18, determine the tangent of theta.

A: 9/41

Q: Compute the cosine squared of 0.5 degrees plus sine squared of 0.5 degrees.

A: 1
Q: What trigonometric function is equivalent to the cosecant of x times the tangent of x?

A: secant of x

Q: What is the value of the tangent of 50 grads?

A: 1

Q: Determine the value of the tangent of 495 degrees?

A: -1

Q: Sum the tangent of 45 degrees, the cosine of 180 degrees and the sine of 90 degrees.

A: 1

Q: Expressing your answer in radians, determine the arc cosecant of 2?

A: pi over 6

Q: Expressing your answer in radians, determine the principal arc secant of 2.

A: pi over 3

Q: What positive radian measure corresponds to 210 degrees?

A: 7 pi over 6

Q: What is the radian equivalent of 35 degrees?

A: 7 pi over 36

Q: What first quadrant angle is coterminal with 415 degrees?

A: 55 degrees

Q: Given cotangent theta equals 1/7 and is in the first quadrant, find the value of cosine theta.

A: the square root of 2 over 10

Q: For what value of theta, measured in degrees, does sine of theta equal -1, and tangent of
theta is undefined?

A: 270 degrees
Q: Convert 6.28 radians into degrees. Round your answer to the nearest whole degree.

A: 360

Q: Convert 17 pi over 18 radians into degrees.

A: 170

Q: How many grads are equivalent to 4 pi radians?

A: 800

Q: What is the trigonometric form of the complex number -1 + i? Express all angles in
degrees.

A: the square root of 2 times the quantity (cosine of 135 degrees + i times the sine of 135
degrees)

Q: Express the complex number - 11.25i in polar form, using only positive angles.

A: (11.25, 270 degrees)

Q: Express the complex number 6.25i in polar form.

A: (6.25, 90 degrees)

Q: Express the complex number 7.5i in polar form.

A: (7.5, 90 degrees)

Q: Express the sine of 4x + the sine of 2x as the product of two trigonometric functions.

A: 2 times sine of 3x times cosine of x

Q: 1. and 2. A vector of length 56 centimeters is located 30 degrees South of East. Determine
the eastward and southward components.
3. and 4. A vector of length 22 centimeters is located straight southwest. Determine the
westward and southward components.

1. and 2. 28 centimeters south

28 times the square root of 3 centimeters east
3. and 4. 11 times the square root of 2 centimeters west
11 time the square root of 2 centimeters south

Q: Determine the following angles. Express your answers in degrees.

1. The cosine of what acute angle equals the sine of 15 degrees?

2. What is the degree equivalent of 50 grads?
3. What is the reference angle for cosine of -58 degrees?
4. What is the arc cosine of -.707 to the nearest degree?

1. 75 degrees
2. 45 degrees
3. 58 degrees
4. 135 degrees

Q: Convert the following from radians to degrees. Express fractional angles as decimals.

1. pi over 16 1. 11.25 degrees

2. pi over 10 2. 18 degrees
3. 8 pi over 9 3. 160 degrees
4. 11 pi over 5 4. 396 degrees
5. 5 pi over 3 5. 300
6. 7 pi over 8 6. 157 1/2 or 157.5
7. 7 pi over 5 7. 252
8. 11 pi over 15 8. 132
9. 5 pi over 18 9. 50 degrees
10. pi over 5 10. 36 degrees
11. 7 pi 11. 1260 degrees (or 180 degrees)
12. 14 pi over 9 12. 280 degrees
13. 5 pi over 36 13. 25 degrees
14. pi over 10 14. 18 degrees
15. 14 pi 15. 2520 degrees (or 180 degrees)
16. 7 pi over 9 16. 140 degrees
17. 5 pi over 3 17. 300
18. 7 pi over 4 18. 315
19. 11 pi over 5 19. 396
20. 7 pi over 36 20. 35
21. 6 pi over 5 21. 216
22. pi over 8 22. 22.5
23. 3 pi over 10 23. 54
Q: Convert the following from measures to degrees. Express any fractions as mixed numbers,
unless pi is part of the answer.

1. 3 pi over 13 radians 1. 41 7/13 degrees

2. 5 radians 2. 900/pi degrees
3. 40 grads 3. 36 degrees
4. 1 grad 4. 9/10 degrees

Q: Convert the following from radians to degrees. Express all answers as whole degrees.

1. 6.28 radians 1. 360 degrees

2. 0.785 radians 2. 45 degrees
3. 2.618 radians 3. 150 degrees
4. 0.175 radians 4. 10 degrees

Q: Convert the following from degrees to radians in reduced form, leaving answers in terms
of pi:

1. 225 degrees 1. 5 pi over 4 radians

2. 330 degrees 2. 11 pi over 6 radians
3. 400 degrees 3. 20 pi over 9 radians
4. 204 degrees 4. 17 pi over 15 radians
5. 10 degrees 5. pi over 18
6. 32 degrees 6. 8 pi over 45
7. 205 degrees 7. 41 pi over 36
8. 68 degrees 8. 17 pi over 45

Q: Convert the following measures to radians:

1. 30 minutes 1. pi over 360

2. 3.2 revolutions 2. 32 pi over 5
3. 30 seconds 3. pi over 21600
4. 50 grads 4. pi over 4

Q: Express the following coordinates in polar form. Express angular measure in degrees.

1. (6, 6)
2. (-14, 14)
3. (0, pi)
4. (5 times the square root of 3, 5)

1. (6 times the square root of 2, 45 degrees)

2. (14 times the square root of 2, 135 degrees)
3. (pi, 90 degrees)
4. (10, 30 degrees)
Q: Express the following Cartesian coordinates in polar form. Express angular measure in
degrees.

1. (1/2, ½)
2. (-18, -18)
3. (10 pi, 0)
4. (25 times the square root of 3, 25)

1. (the square root of 2 over 2, 45 degrees)

2. (18 times the square root of 2, 225 degrees)
3. (10 pi, 0 degrees)
4. (50, 30 degrees)

Q: Express the following polar coordinates in Cartesian form.

1. (18, 0 degrees)
2. (18 times the square root of 2, 45 degrees)
3. (18, 90 degrees)
4. (36, 30 degrees)
5. (15 time the square root of 2, 45 degrees)
6. (10, 0 degrees)
7. (22, 270 degrees)
8. (10, 30 degrees)

1. (18, 0)
2. (18, 18)
3. (0, 18)
4. (18 times the square root of 3, 18)
5. (15, 15)
6. (10, 0)
7. (0, -22)
8. (5 times the square root of 3, 10)

Q: Convert the following complex numbers to polar form. Express angular measures in
degrees.

1. 20i
2. -20
3. 20 + 20i
4. 4 + 4 times the square root of 3 i

1. (20, 90 degrees)
2. (20, 180 degrees)
3. (20 times the square root of 2, 45 degrees)
4. (8, 60 degrees)
Q: Express the following as functions of their complimentary angles. For example, given
sine of 30 degrees, the answer would be cosine of 60 degrees.

1. cosine of 65 degrees
2. tangent of pi over 3 radians
3. sine of 3 theta
4. cotangent of 25 degrees 15 minutes

1. sine of 25 degrees
2. cotangent of pi over 6 radians
3. cosine of the quantity (90 degrees – 3 theta)
4. tangent of 64 degrees 45 minutes

Q: Given the equation: y = 15 times the sine of the quantity (3 pi x + 12), find the following:

1. period 1. 2/3
2. amplitude 2. 15
3. frequency 3. 3/2
4. magnitude of the phase shift 4. 4 over pi

Q: Given the equation: y = 6 times the sine of the quantity (3/16 t + 24), find the following:

1. period 1. 32 pi over 3
2. amplitude 2. 6
3. frequency 3. 3 over 32 pi
4. magnitude of the phase shift 4. 128

Q: Given y = 8 + 4 times the sine of the quantity (3x – 4 pi) determine the following.

1. Amplitude 1. 4
2. Period 2. 2 pi over 3
3. absolute value of the Phase shift 3. 4 pi over 3
4. absolute value of the Vertical shift 4. 8

Q: Given the equation: y = 4 times the sine of the quantity (5x – pi over 12). Find the
following:

1. the period 1. 2 pi over 5

2. amplitude 2. 4
3. angular frequency 3. 5
4. magnitude of the phase shift 4. pi over 60
Q: Given the equation: y = 2 times the sine of the quantity (6x – 4 pi t + 12). Find the
following:

1. amplitude 1. 2
2. frequency 2. 2
3. wave number 3. 6
4. magnitude of the phase shift 4. 2

Q: Given: y = 4 times the sine of the quantity (9 x –pi over 20). Find the
following:

1. the period 1. 2 pi over 9 or 2/9 pi

2. amplitude 2. 4
3. angular frequency 3. 9
4. magnitude of the phase shift 4. pi over 180

Q: Given the equation: y = 4 times the sine of the quantity (2x + pi over 2). Find the
following:

1. the period 1. pi
2. amplitude 2. 4
3. Absolute value of the Phase shift 3. pi over 4
4. vertical shift 4. 0

Q: Given the equation: y = 8 times the sine of the quantity (10 t + pi). Find the
following:

1. the period 1. pi over 5

2. amplitude 2. 8
3. angular frequency 3. 10
4. magnitude of the phase shift 4. pi over 10

Q: Given the equation: y = 5/2 times the cosine of the quantity (1/2 t + pi). Find the
following:

1. the period 1. 4 pi
2. amplitude 2. 5/2
3. phase shift 3. 2 pi ( also accept -2 pi and 2 pi left)
4. vertical shift 4. 0

Q: Given the equation: y = 16 times the sine of 11 pi x. Find the following:

1. Frequency 1. 1 1/2
2. Amplitude 2. 16
3. Period 3. 2/11
4. Phase shift 4. 0
Q: Given: y = 3 times the cosine of the quantity (4 pi t + 12)., determine the
following:

1. the period 1. 3
2. amplitude 2. 2
3. angular frequency 3. 1/2
4. magnitude of the phase shift 4. 3 over pi

Q: Given cotangent theta equals 3/8; find the following, rationalizing all denominators:

1. Sine theta 1. 8 times the square root of 73 over 73

2. Cosine theta 2. 3 times the square root of 73 over 73
3. Tangent theta 3. 8/3
4. Cosecant theta 4. the square root of 73 over 8

Q: Given cotangent theta equals the square root of 7 and is in the first quadrant; find the
following, rationalizing all denominators, using improper fractions as necessary:

1. Sine theta 1. square root of 2 over 4

2. Cosine theta 2. square root of 14 over 4
3. Tangent theta 3. square root of 7 over 7
4. Cosecant theta 4. 2 times the square root of 2

Q: Given cosecant theta equals 2; find the following, rationalizing all denominators:

1. Sine theta 1. 1/2

2. Cosine theta 2. square root of 3 over 2
3. Tangent theta 3. square root of 3 over 3
4. Cotangent theta 4. square root of 3

Q: Given secant theta equals 2 times the square root of 3 over 3, and theta is less than pi and
greater than zero; find the following, rationalizing all denominators:

1. Sine theta 1. 1/2

2. Cosine theta 2. square root of 3 over 2
3. Tangent theta 3. square root of 3 over 3
4. Cotangent theta 4. square root of 3

Q: Given: sine of x = 1/6 and that x lies between 0 and 180 degrees, find the following.
Rationalize denominators when needed.

1. cosine x 1. the square root of 35 over 6

2. cosecant x 2. 6
3. secant x 3. 6 times the square root of 35 over 35
4. tangent x 4. the square root of 35 over 35
Q: Given: sine of x = the square root of 5 over 5 and that x lies between 0 and 180 degrees,
find the following. Rationalize denominators when needed.

1. cosine x 1. 2 times the square root of 5 over 5

2. cosecant x 2. square root of 5
3. secant x 3. square root of 5 over 2
4. tangent x 4. 1/2

Q: Given: sine of x = 7/9 and that x lies between 0 and 180 degrees, find the following.
Rationalize denominators when needed.

1. cosine x 1. 4 times the square root of 2 over 9

2. cosecant x 2. 9/7
3. secant x 3. 9 times the square root of 2 over 8
4. tangent x 4. 7 times the square root of 2 over 8

Q: Given: sine of x = 8/17 and that x lies between -90 and 90 degrees, find the following.
Rationalize denominators when needed.

1. cosine x 1. 15/17
2. cosecant x 2. 17/8
3. secant x 3. 17/15
4. tangent x 4. 8/15

Q: Given: sine of x = 1/5 and that x lies between -90 and 90 degrees, find the following.
Rationalize denominators when needed.

1. cosine x 1. 2 times the square root of 6 over 5

2. cosecant x 2. 5
3. secant x 3. 5 times the square root of 6 over 12
4. tangent x 4. square root of 6 over 3

Q: Given that sine of x = -8/17 and that x is in the fourth quadrant, find the following,
expressing answers as improper fractions and rationalizing all denominators as necessary:

1. cosine x 1. 15/17
2. tangent x 2. -8/15
3. cosecant x 3. -17/8
4. secant x 4. 17/15

Q: Given that sine of x equals the square root of 5 over 4 and that x is in the first quadrant,
find the following:

1. cosine x 1. square root of 11 over 4

2. tangent x 2. square root of 55 over 11
3. cosecant x 3. 4 times the square root of 5 over 5
4. secant x 4. 4 times the square root of 11 over 11
Q: Identify the type of polar graph as specifically as possible from the general equations and
constraints. A and B are constants. N is a constant integer.

1. r = a plus or minus b sine theta; a over b is less than 1

2. r = a plus or minus b sine theta; a over b = 1
3. r = a cosine theta
4. r squared = a squared sine 2 theta

1. Limacon (with inner loop)

2. Cardioid
3. Circle
4. Lemniscate

Q: Simplify each expression to a single trigonometric function or a numerical value:

1. Sine theta times secant theta

2. Cosine of theta times tangent of theta times cosecant of theta
3. Tangent theta times cosine theta
4. Sine theta times cotangent theta times secant theta

1. Tangent theta
2. 1
3. Sine theta
4. 1

Q: Give the equation of the simplest sine function with the following periods:

1. 1/2
2. 16
3. pi over 2
4. pi over 4

1. y = sine of 4 pi x
2. y = sine of x pi over 8 or sine of pi x over 8 or sine of pi over 8 times x
3. y = sine of 4 x
4. y = sine of 8 x