CAST Diagrams- Which Two Quadrants to use?

1) For each trigonometric equation, circle the two appropriate quadrants of the CAST diagram:

a) sin x = 0.5 S A b) sin x = - ½ S A

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c) cos x = 2/5 S A d) cos x = -1/3 S A

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e) tan x = 4 S A f) tan x = -4 S A

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g) sin x = 0.1 S A h) cos x = -0.999 S A

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2) Create a trig equation which would correspond to the following quadrants selected on the
CAST diagram:

a) S A b) S A

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c) S A d) S A

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e) S A f) S A

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3) Solve the following trigonometric equations.
(a) sinx° = 0·707 (b) sinx° = 0·375 (c) sinx° = 0·999
(d) sinx° = 0·729 (e) sinx° = 0·139 (f) sinx° = 0·839
(g) cosx° = 0·707 (h) cosx° = 0·927 (i) cosx° = 0·208
(j) tanx° = 1 (k) tanx° = 0·158 (l) tanx° = 4·915.

4) Solve the following equations.

(a) sinx° = – 0·342
(d) sinx° = – 0·216
(g) cosx° = – 0·174
(j) tanx° = – 1
(m) tanx° = – 1·387
(b) sinx° = – 0·866
(e) sinx° = – 0·592
(h) cosx° = – 0·937
(k) tanx° = – 3·708
(n) tanx° = – 16·35
(c) sinx° = – 0·105
(f) sinx° = – 0·843
(i) cosx° = – 0·122
(l) tanx° = – 5·671
(o) tanx° = – 0·173.

5) Solve the following equations where 0 ≤ x ≤ 360.

(a) 2sinx° = 1 (b) 5sinx° – 4 = 0 (c) 5sinx° = – 3
(d) 6sinx° + 1 = 0 (e) 4sinx° + 1 = 1·5 (f) 12 + 9sinx° = 8.

6) Solve the following equations where 0 ≤ x ≤ 360.

(a) 6cosx° = 3 (b) 10cosx° – 2 = 0 (c) 3cosx° = – 2
(d) 7cosx° + 4 = 0 (e) 9cosx° + 7 = 2 (f) 18 + 4cosx° = 15.