Trigometry

In these exercises you will be finding values of some trigonometric functions.

The exercise is found on Sheet 2. You can get there by clicking on the tab labeled "sheet 2" at the bottom left of the Excel
screen. You will work the exercise by putting the appropriate formula in the yellow shaded boxes. If you put things
in any other boxes, the spreadsheet may not work correctly. If you think you may have entered something in an
incorrect spot and caused problems with the spreadsheet, then close Excel, DO NOT save any changes, and then
reopen the spreadsheet and try again. The solutions are on Sheet 3

functions necessary for this exercise: sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees
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1.)
Construct a table giving the sine, cosine and tangent values for each of
the angles from 0 to 90 degrees. Excel calculates using radians so we The code for sine of 45 degrees is
have to convert the angles to degrees. See the example to the right. sin(radians(45))

angle sine cosine tangent

2.) Find the inverse trigonometric values for each number from 0 to 10
going up by 0.1 each time. See if you can tell why there are problems The code for arcsine of .5 is
at some of the values. degrees(asin(.5))
value arcsine arccosine arctangent
sine of 45 degrees is
arcsine of .5 is
1.)
Construct a table giving the sine, cosine and tangent values for each of the
angles from 0 to 90 degrees. Excel calculates using radians so we have to The code for sine of 45 degrees is
convert the angles to degrees. See the example to the right. sin(radians(45))

angle sine cosine tangent

0 0 1 0
1 0.0174524064 0.999847695 0.0174551
2 0.0348994967 0.999390827 0.0349208
3 0.0523359562 0.998629535 0.0524078
4 0.0697564737 0.99756405 0.0699268
5 0.0871557427 0.996194698 0.0874887
6 0.1045284633 0.994521895 0.1051042
7 0.1218693434 0.992546152 0.1227846
8 0.139173101 0.990268069 0.1405408
9 0.156434465 0.987688341 0.1583844
10 0.1736481777 0.984807753 0.176327
11 0.1908089954 0.981627183 0.1943803
12 0.2079116908 0.978147601 0.2125566
13 0.2249510543 0.974370065 0.2308682
14 0.2419218956 0.970295726 0.249328
15 0.2588190451 0.965925826 0.2679492
16 0.2756373558 0.961261696 0.2867454
17 0.2923717047 0.956304756 0.3057307
18 0.3090169944 0.951056516 0.3249197
19 0.3255681545 0.945518576 0.3443276
20 0.3420201433 0.939692621 0.3639702
21 0.3583679495 0.933580426 0.383864
22 0.3746065934 0.927183855 0.4040262
23 0.3907311285 0.920504853 0.4244748
24 0.4067366431 0.913545458 0.4452287
25 0.4226182617 0.906307787 0.4663077
26 0.4383711468 0.898794046 0.4877326
27 0.4539904997 0.891006524 0.5095254
28 0.4694715628 0.882947593 0.5317094
29 0.4848096202 0.874619707 0.5543091
30 0.5 0.866025404 0.5773503
31 0.5150380749 0.857167301 0.6008606
32 0.5299192642 0.848048096 0.6248694
33 0.544639035 0.838670568 0.6494076
34 0.5591929035 0.829037573 0.6745085
35 0.5735764364 0.819152044 0.7002075
36 0.5877852523 0.809016994 0.7265425
37 0.6018150232 0.79863551 0.7535541
38 0.6156614753 0.788010754 0.7812856
39 0.629320391 0.777145961 0.809784
40 0.6427876097 0.766044443 0.8390996
41 0.656059029 0.75470958 0.8692867
42 0.6691306064 0.743144825 0.900404
43 0.6819983601 0.731353702 0.9325151
 44 0.6946583705 0.7193398 0.9656888
45 0.7071067812 0.707106781 1
46 0.7193398003 0.69465837 1.0355303
47 0.7313537016 0.68199836 1.0723687
48 0.7431448255 0.669130606 1.1106125
49 0.7547095802 0.656059029 1.1503684
50 0.7660444431 0.64278761 1.1917536
51 0.7771459615 0.629320391 1.2348972
52 0.7880107536 0.615661475 1.2799416
53 0.79863551 0.601815023 1.3270448
54 0.8090169944 0.587785252 1.3763819
55 0.8191520443 0.573576436 1.428148
56 0.8290375726 0.559192903 1.482561
57 0.8386705679 0.544639035 1.539865
58 0.8480480962 0.529919264 1.6003345
59 0.8571673007 0.515038075 1.6642795
60 0.8660254038 0.5 1.7320508
61 0.8746197071 0.48480962 1.8040478
62 0.8829475929 0.469471563 1.8807265
63 0.8910065242 0.4539905 1.9626105
64 0.8987940463 0.4383711468 2.0503038
65 0.906307787 0.422618262 2.1445069
66 0.9135454576 0.406736643 2.2460368
67 0.9205048535 0.3907311285 2.3558524
68 0.9271838546 0.374606593 2.4750869
69 0.9335804265 0.35836795 2.6050891
70 0.9396926208 0.342020143 2.7474774
71 0.9455185756 0.325568154 2.9042109
72 0.9510565163 0.309016994 3.0776835
73 0.956304756 0.292371705 3.2708526
74 0.9612616959 0.275637356 3.4874144
75 0.9659258263 0.258819045 3.7320508
76 0.9702957263 0.241921896 4.0107809
77 0.9743700648 0.224951054 4.3314759
78 0.9781476007 0.2079116908 4.7046301
79 0.9816271834 0.190808995 5.144554
80 0.984807753 0.173648178 5.6712818
81 0.9876883406 0.156434465 6.3137515
82 0.9902680687 0.139173101 7.1153697
83 0.9925461516 0.121869343 8.1443464
84 0.9945218954 0.104528463 9.5143645
85 0.9961946981 0.087155743 11.430052
86 0.9975640503 0.069756474 14.300666
87 0.9986295348 0.052335956 19.081137
88 0.999390827 0.034899497 28.636253
89 0.9998476952 0.017452406 57.289962
90 1 6.123234E-17 1.633E+16 Note: The values for cosine and tangent for
degrees may not be correct due to round off

2.) Find the inverse trigonometric values for each number from 0 to 10 going up
by 0.1 each time. See if you can tell why there are problems at some of the The code for arcsine of .5 is
values.
Find the inverse trigonometric values for each number from 0 to 10 going up
by 0.1 each time. See if you can tell why there are problems at some of the
values. degrees(asin(.5))

value arcsine arccosine arctangent

0 0 90 0
0.1 5.7391704773 84.26082952 5.7105931
0.2 11.536959033 78.46304097 11.309932
0.3 17.457603124 72.54239688 16.699244
0.4 23.578178478 66.42182152 21.801409
0.5 30 60 26.565051
0.6 36.869897646 53.13010235 30.963757
0.7 44.427004001 45.572996 34.99202
0.8 53.130102354 36.86989765 38.659808
0.9 64.158067237 25.84193276 41.987212
1 89.999999146 8.537736E-07 45
1.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 47.726311
1.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 50.194429 You will see errors for arcsine and arccosine
1.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 52.431408 values over 1 since sine and cosine are ratio
1.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 54.462322 the hypotenuse as the denominator and thus
1.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 56.309932 be greater than 1.
1.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 57.994617
1.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 59.534455
1.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 60.945396
1.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 62.241459
2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 63.434949
2.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 64.536655
2.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 65.556045
2.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 66.501434
2.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 67.380135
2.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 68.198591
2.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 68.962489
2.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 69.676863
2.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 70.346176
2.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 70.974394
3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 71.565051
3.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 72.121303
3.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 72.645975
3.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 73.141601
3.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 73.61046
3.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 74.054604
3.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 74.475889
3.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 74.875993
3.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 75.256437
3.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 75.618605
4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 75.963757
4.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 76.293039
4.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 76.607502
4.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 76.908107
4.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 77.195734
4.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 77.471192
4.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 77.735226
4.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 77.988522
4.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 78.231711
4.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 78.465379
5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 78.690068
5.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 78.906277
5.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 79.114473
5.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 79.315088
5.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 79.508523
5.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 79.695154
5.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 79.875328
5.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 80.049373
5.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 80.217593
5.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 80.380272
6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 80.537678
6.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 80.69006
6.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 80.837653
6.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 80.980678
6.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.119341
6.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.253838
6.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.384352
6.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.511056
6.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.634114
6.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.753679
7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.869898
7.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 81.982907
7.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.092837
7.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.199812
7.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.303948
7.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.405357
7.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.504142
7.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.600405
7.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.69424
7.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.785738
8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.874984
8.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 82.962059
8.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.047043
8.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.130008
8.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.211025
8.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.290163
8.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.367485
8.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.443054
8.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.516926
8.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.58916
9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.659808
9.1 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.728923
9.2 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.796552
9.3 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.862744
9.4 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.927544
9.5 #VALUE! #VALUE! 83.990994
9.6 #VALUE! #VALUE! 84.053137
9.7 #VALUE! #VALUE! 84.114012
9.8 #VALUE! #VALUE! 84.173658
9.9 #VALUE! #VALUE! 84.232111
10 #VALUE! #VALUE! 84.289407
for sine of 45 degrees is
or cosine and tangent for 90
correct due to round off error.

for arcsine of .5 is
or arcsine and arccosine for
sine and cosine are ratios with
he denominator and thus can't