Solutions of right Triangles and

Applications
 This chapter contains the six trigonometric functions
of acute angles which carry the essential tool in the
solutions of right triangles.
 It further includes solutions of right triangles and
their important applications
 A right triangle has six principal parts – three
sides denoted as a, b, and c and their three
corresponding angles denoted by A, B, and C.
 Angle C is usually given 900 and the other two
angles A and B, as acute
 Trigonometric functions are names such as
sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant and
cosecant of an acute angle.
 The definitions of these six functions are
merely based on the possible ratios formed out
of the three sides of a triangle.
 Certainly, there are six functions because of
the six ratios of the sides.
 It is meaningful to state the definitions of the
six functions in terms of an acute angle, A or B
 If angle A is considered an acute angle of
triangle ABC, then we shall call
 a as the side opposite A
b as the side adjacent to A, and
c as the hypotenuse
 If the trigonometric functions abbreviated as
sin A, cos A, tan A, cot A, sec A and csc A,
then the definitions are as follows:

sin A = the length of the side opposite to A

the length of the hypotenuse
cos A = the length of the side adjacent to A
the length of the hypotenuse

tan A = the length of the side opposite to A

length of the side adjacent to A

cot A = length adjacent to A

length of side opposite to A
 sec A = length of hypotenuse
length of side adjacent to A

csc A = length of hypotenuse

length of side opposite to A
Ex.:
Given tan A = -3/4, A in quadrant II, find the
other five trigonometric functions
Tabular Values of trigonometric
Functions
1. To find a function of an angle less that
450, we locate the angle on the left-hand
of the table and the name of the function
at the top row.
2. Angles greater than 450 are located on
the right-hand side of the table, and the
names of the functions are found at the
bottom
Examples
1. Cos 24030’
2. Sin 330 15’
3. Tan 21035’
4. Sec 15015’
5. Csc 13030’
6. Sec 14050’
7. Tan 65010’
8. Cot 56015’
Solutions of Right Triangles
 The six relationships in ratio form above
can be used to “solve right triangle”, to
find the value for all the sides and angles
of the triangle.
 A right triangle is completely determined
if any of the following conditions is given:
a. Length of two sides, or
b. Length of one side and measure of an
angle other that the right angle.
Examples
1. Solve the triangle solve ABC, given B=
500, c= 14m and C= 900
2. Solve the triangle ABC, given A =
62050’, a = 70
3. Solve the triangle ABC, given a= 4cm, b
= 11cm
4. Solve the triangle ABC, given c=
78.1cm, A=550