Brian McLogan
Learn how to find the six trig functions given a point and using reference angles
👉 Learn all about evaluating trigonometric functions with triangles. In this playlist, we will learn how to evaluate, sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant when given the sides of a triangle. If we have missing sides we...
Brian McLogan
What is the period of tangent and cotangent
👉 Learn the basics of graphing a tangent and a cotangent function. To plot the tangent and the cotangent graph we choose a set of points and form a table of values with which we plot the points on the x-y coordinate axis to obtain the...
Brian McLogan
What is the Domain Range and Vertical Asymptote of Cosecant
👉 Learn the basics of graphing the secant and the cosecant graphs. Recall that the secant is the reciprocal of the cosine while the cosecant is the reciprocal of the sine. Also recall that the cosine graph is a sinusoidal graph with...
Brian McLogan
Using the even and odd properties to evaluate for sine of an angle
👉 Learn how to evaluate trigonometric functions using trigonometric identities. Trigonometric identities are equalities that involve trigonometric functions. We will focus on the cofunction identities and even-odd identities. The...
Brian McLogan
Using cofunction identities and identity functions to find the values
👉 Learn how to evaluate trigonometric functions using trigonometric identities. Trigonometric identities are equalities that involve trigonometric functions. We will focus on the cofunction identities and even-odd identities. The...
Brian McLogan
How to evaluate for secant of a negative angle using period as an aide
👉 Learn how to evaluate trigonometric functions of a given angle. Given an angle greater than 2pi in radians, to evaluate the trigonometric functions of the given angle, we first determine the smallest positive coterminal angle of the...
Brian McLogan
How to Determine the Period and Amplitude of a Trigonometric Graph
👉 Learn how to graph a sine function. To graph a sine function, we first determine the amplitude (the maximum point on the graph), the period (the distance/time for a complete oscillation), the phase shift (the horizontal shift from the...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate trig functions without using a calculator using cofunction identities
👉 Learn how to evaluate trigonometric functions using trigonometric identities. Trigonometric identities are equalities that involve trigonometric functions. We will focus on the cofunction identities and even-odd identities. The...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate for sine cosine and tangent using reference angles
👉 Learn how to find the reference angle of a given angle. The reference angle is the acute angle formed by the terminal side of an angle and the x-axis. To find the reference angle, we determine the quadrant on which the given angle lies...
Brian McLogan
Math tutorial for using the sum of two angles formula of sine for 105 degrees
👉 Learn all about sum and difference angle identities. In this video playlist, you will learn how to evaluate, solve, simplify and verify using sum and difference angle identities. We will evaluate using angles not found on the unit...
Brian McLogan
Find the exact value using difference formula of two angles with sine
👉 Learn all about sum and difference angle identities. In this video playlist, you will learn how to evaluate, solve, simplify and verify using sum and difference angle identities. We will evaluate using angles not found on the unit...
Brian McLogan
Evaluating for sine using the half angle formula
👉 Learn how to evaluate the Sine of an angle using the half-angle formula. The half-angle formula for Sine is helpful when you need to determine the exact value of function given an angle but cannot use a calculator or the angle is not...
Brian McLogan
Verify trig identities with multiple identities
👉 Learn how to verify Pythagoras trigonometric identities. A Pythagoras trigonometric identity is a trigonometric identity of the form sin^2 (x) + cos^2 (x) or any of its derivations. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify...
Brian McLogan
Solving an equation using the sum and difference formulas for cosine
👉 Learn how to solve equations using the angles sum and difference identities. Using the angles sum and difference identities, we are able to expand the trigonometric expressions, thereby obtaining the values of the non-variable terms....
Brian McLogan
How to verify a trig identity
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities having rational expressions. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the term(s) on the left hand side of the equality sign is equal to the term(s) on the right hand side. To...
Brian McLogan
Half angle of sine given right triangle and constraint
👉 Learn how to evaluate the tangent of a half-angle. When given the value of the tangent of an angle, we can evaluate the tangent of half the angle using the tangent half-angle formula. When the value of any other trigonometric function...
Brian McLogan
Evaluate 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
Applying factoring to simplify my trigonometric expression
👉 Learn how to simplify identities by factoring. Just like in normal algebraic expressions, trigonometric identities can be simplified by factoring out the GCFs from the terms of the identities, then common trigonometric identities like...
Brian McLogan
When given one obtuse angle use the law of sines to determine the missing measurements Ambiguous One
👉 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 when you have no solutions
👉 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
Simplify by combining two rational 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
Learn how to verify a trigonometric identity by distributive property
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities by expanding the trigonometric expressions. When the given trigonometric expressions involve multiplications with more than one term in parenthesis, we start by expanding the expressions...
Brian McLogan
How to verify an identity by combining terms
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities involving the addition and subtraction of terms. To do this it is usually useful to convert the addition or subtraction terms in terms of one trigonometric function and then evaluate....
Brian McLogan
How to apply cofunction and even odd identities to divide two trig functions
👉 Learn how to verify trigonometric identities having rational expressions. To verify trigonometric expression means to verify that the terms on the left-hand side of the equality sign is equal to the terms on the right-hand side. To...