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Problem solving with right-angled trigonometry
Pupil outcome: I can use my knowledge of right-angled trigonometry to solve problems. Key learning points: - Sometimes an answer may be best left in an exact form - When dealing with right-angled trigonometry, it is important to look at...
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Applying trigonometric ratios in context
Pupil outcome: I can apply trigonometric ratios to practical situations including angles of elevation and depression. Key learning points: - Trigonometric ratios are used in many scenarios - Trigonometric ratios are used to calculate the...
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Interpreting the trigonometric graphs
Pupil outcome: I can read values from the graphs and can identify how many solutions exist within a given range. Key learning points: - Reading solutions from trigonometric graphs is the same as reading solutions from any other graph -...
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Calculate trigonometric ratios for 30° and 60°
Pupil outcome: I can calculate trigonometric ratios for 30° and 60°. Key learning points: - The trigonometric ratios for 30° and 60° can be calculated using an equilateral triangle - The triangle should have lengths of 2 units - By...
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Advanced problem solving with right-angled trigonometry
Pupil outcome: I can use my knowledge of right-angled trigonometry to solve problems. Key learning points: - Sometimes an answer may be best left in an exact form - When dealing with right-angled trigonometry, it is important to look at...
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Problem solving with non right-angled trigonometry
Pupil outcome: I can use my knowledge of trigonometry to solve problems. Key learning points: - Non right-angled trigonometry can be applied in various contexts - It has the potential to be applied whenever a triangle can be drawn
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Checking and securing understanding of trigonometric ratios
Pupil outcome: I can appreciate the range of values of the trigonometric functions. Key learning points: - The unit circle is a circle with a radius of one - The unit circle is centered on the origin - The sine of an angle is the...
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Calculate trigonometric ratios for 0°, 45° and 90°
Pupil outcome: I can calculate trigonometric ratios for 0°, 45° and 90°. Key learning points: - The trigonometric ratios for 45° can be calculated using a square - The square should have lengths of 1 unit - By splitting the square into...
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Using the tangent ratio
Pupil outcome: I can use the tangent ratio to find the missing side or angle in a right-angled triangle. Key learning points: - The tangent ratio involves the opposite, adjacent and the angle. - If you know the length of the opposite and...
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Checking and securing understanding of tangent ratio problems
Pupil outcome: I can use the tangent ratio to find the missing side or angle in a right-angled triangle. Key learning points: - The tangent ratio involves the opposite, adjacent and the angle - If you know the length of the opposite and...
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Tangent ratio
Pupil outcome: I can derive the tangent ratio from the sides of a right-angled triangle. Key learning points: - When the adjacent has a length of one, the opposite side has a length of tan(θ). - You can apply a scale factor to this...
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Checking and securing understanding of the unit circle
Pupil outcome: I can see how the trigonometric functions are derived from measurements within a unit circle and how this can be utilised. Key learning points: - Trigonometric functions are derived from measurements within a unit circle -...
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The unit circle
Pupil outcome: I can appreciate that the trigonometric functions are derived from measurements within a unit circle. Key learning points: - The unit circle is a circle with a radius of one. - The unit circle is centered on the origin. -...
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Trigonometric Identities
This video will discuss fundamental trigonometric identities.
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Finding Acute Angles in Right Triangles Using Inverse Tangent Function
In this video, the teacher explains how to find the measure of an acute angle in a right triangle when only the side lengths are known. They introduce the concept of trigonometric ratios (sine, cosine, and tangent) and explain how to use...
Brian McLogan
Evaluating the difference of two angles for the tangent function
👉 Learn how to evaluate the secant of the sum or difference of two angles using the sum/difference formulas. To do this, we first use the Pythagoras theorem to obtain all the sides of the right triangle in the unit circle. Recall that...
Brian McLogan
Solving an equation with tangent with no restrictions
👉 Learn how to solve trigonometric equations. There are various methods that can be used to evaluate trigonometric identities, they include by factoring out the GCF and simplifying the factored equation. Another method is to use a...
Brian McLogan
Explaining if the tangent function is a continuous function or not
👉 Learn all about the Limit. In this playlist, we will explore how to evaluate the limit of an equation, piecewise function, table and graph. We will explore continuity as well as discontinuities such as holes, asymptotes and jumps and...
Brian McLogan
Find the measure of an angle use inverse tangent
👉 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
Find the height of the building | Trigonometric Word Problem
Find the height of the building | Trigonometric Word Problem
Brian McLogan
What is the tangent function
👉 Learn all about the trigonometry of right triangles. A right triangle is a triangle that has 90 degrees as one of its angles. The trigonometric identities of right triangles give us the relationship between the angles of a right...
Brian McLogan
How to use the tangent function to find the missing opposite side of a triangle
👉 Learn how to find a missing side length 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 give us the relationship between the angles of a...
Brian McLogan
How to Graph Tangent with a Horizontal Shift to the Right
👉 Learn all about graphing trigonometric functions. In this playlist, we will explore how to graph the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, cosecant and secant function. We will explore the characteristics of each graph as well as how to...