Brian McLogan
Pre-Calculus - Solve an Equation Using the Double Angle Formula of Sine
👉 Learn how to use the double angle identities to solve trigonometric equations. When we have equations with a double angle we will apply the identities to create an equation that can help solve by inverse operations or factoring. We...
Brian McLogan
How to verify an identity with the sum and difference formulas
👉 Learn how to verify the sum and difference of two angles trigonometric identities using the sum/difference formulas. To verify an identity means to ascertain that the left-hand side is equal to the right-hand side of the equality sign....
Brian McLogan
Solving trigonometric equations
👉 Learn how to solve trigonometric equations. There are various methods that can be used to evaluate trigonometric equations, they include factoring out the GCF and simplifying the factored equation. Another method is to use a...
Brian McLogan
Verifying an identity by using the quotient and reciprocal identities
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities having rational expressions. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the term on the left hand side of the equality sign is equal to the term on the right hand side. To...
Brian McLogan
Summary for Simplifying trigonometric Expressions
👉 Learn how to simplify rational identities involving addition and subtraction. To simplify rational identities involving addition and subtraction, first, we find the LCM of the denominators which most time is the product of the terms in...
Brian McLogan
Simplifying an expression using the sum of two angles for cosine
👉 Learn how to evaluate the cosine of an angle in radians using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first express the given angle as a sum or a difference of two (easy to evaluate) angles, then we use the unit circle and the...
Brian McLogan
Simplifying an expression using the sum formula for sine
👉 Learn how to simplify trigonometric function of the sum or difference of two angles using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first use the unit circle and Pythagoras theorem to identify and obtain the values of the needed...
Brian McLogan
Learn how to evaluate using the difference of two angles for sine
👉 Learn how to evaluate the sine of an angle in radians using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first express the given angle as a sum or a difference of two (easy to evaluate) angles, then we use the unit circle and the...
Brian McLogan
How to verify an identity using double angle formulas
👉 Learn how to evaluate the double angle of sine. The value of the sine of double a given angle can be obtained given the value of the sine of the angle. The value of the sine of double a given angle is obtained using the formula sin(2u)...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate a trig function written as a sum or difference expression
👉 Learn how to write a given sum or difference of two angles formula expression as a single sum/difference of angles trigonometric function. To do this, we first identify the trigonometric function for which its sum/difference formula is...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate the double angle of sine using a right triangle
👉 Learn how to evaluate the double angle of sine. The value of the sine of double a given angle can be obtained given the value of the sine of the angle. The value of the sine of double a given angle is obtained using the formula sin(2u)...
Brian McLogan
What is the formula for the law of sines
👉 Learn how to solve for the length of the sides and the measures of the angles of a triangle using the law of sines. The law of sines is used in determining the length of the opposite side to a known angle measure or the measure of the...
Brian McLogan
How to use the law of cosines to find the missing parts of a triangle
Learn how to solve for the lengths of the sides and the measures of the angles of a triangle using the law of cosines. The law of cosines is used in determining the lengths of the sides or the measures of the angles of a triangle when no...
Brian McLogan
How to solve a trigonometric equation with sine and cosine
👉 Learn how to solve trigonometric equations. There are various methods that can be used to evaluate trigonometric equations, they include factoring out the GCF and simplifying the factored equation. Another method is to use a...
Brian McLogan
Applying the law of sines when no triangle exists
👉 Learn how to determine if a given SSA triangle has 1, 2 or no possible triangles. Given two adjacent side lengths and an angle opposite one of them (SSA or ASS), then there are 3 possible cases: there can be 1 solution, 2 solutions and...
Brian McLogan
What is the standard form of sine and cosine
👉 Learn the basics to graphing sine and cosine functions. The sine graph is a sinusiodal graph with x-intercepts at x = 2n*pi, maximun value of 1 at x = pi/2 + 2n*pi and minimum value of -1 at x = -pi/2 + 2n*pi. The cosine graph is a...
Brian McLogan
Find the missing side of a triangle using special right triangles
Find the missing side of a triangle using special right triangles
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GCSE Secondary Maths Age 13-17 - Graphs: Transformation of Graphs - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary Maths videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key topic and sub topic covered in GCSE Maths in clear and easy to follow steps. This video...
Brian McLogan
Pre-Calculus - Simplifying a trigonometric expression with only two functions,tan(x)*cos(x)
In this video playlist you will learn all about Analytic Trigonometry. We will start by simplifying trigonometric expressions using trigonometric identities such as the quotient, reciprocal,Pythagorean Identies as well basic algebraic...
Brian McLogan
Find the area of an oblique triangle using a formula
👉 Learn how to find the area of a triangle. The area of a triangle is the measure of the region enclosed by the triangle. There are several methods that can be used to find the area of a triangle depending on the available information....
Brian McLogan
Pre-Calculus - Finding the missing sides of a 45 45 90 triangle using special relationships
👉 Learn about the special right triangles. A special right triangle is a right triangle having angles of 30, 60, 90, or 45, 45, 90. Knowledge of the ratio of the length of sides of a special right triangle enables us to solve for any...
Brian McLogan
How to apply the inverse of tangent to find the missing values of your triangle
👉 Learn how to find a missing angle of a right triangle. A right triangle is a triangle that has 90 degrees as one of its angles. The trigonometric identities of right triangles gives us the relationship between the angles of a right...
Brian McLogan
Law of sines Ambiguous case Two Triangles
👉 Learn how to determine if a given SSA triangle has 1, 2 or no possible triangles. Given two adjacent side lengths and an angle opposite one of them (SSA or ASS), then there are 3 possible cases: there can be 1 solution, 2 solutions,...
Brian McLogan
How to use the law of sines for the ambiguous case with two triangles
👉 Learn how to determine if a given SSA triangle has 1, 2 or no possible triangles. Given two adjacent side lengths and an angle opposite one of them (SSA or ASS), then there are 3 possible cases: there can be 1 solution, 2 solutions,...