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Finding the Tangent of an Acute Angle in a Right Triangle
In this video, the teacher explains how to use the tangent ratio to find the height of a flying plane. By setting up an equation using the tangent of the given angle and the known distance, the teacher demonstrates how to solve for the...
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Solving for X Using the Cotangent Ratio in Right Triangles
In this video, the teacher explains how to solve for X without using the tangent ratio. Instead, they introduce the cotangent ratio and demonstrate how it can be used to find the length of the leg adjacent to an acute angle in a right...
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How Do You Solve a Problem Using an Angle of Elevation?
One given angle and one given length equals an unknown height. What? Here's a word problem that can be solved given two pieces of information by using the correct formula. Watch the instructor explain how to use the tangent ratio formula...
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Study Pug: Double Angle Identities
In this lesson, you will learn how to make use of the double-angle identities, a.k.a. double-angle formulas to find the sine and cosine of a double angle. It's hard to simplify complex trigonometric functions without these formulas. [6:23]
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Study Pug: Unit Circle
In the world of calculus, pre-calculus, and trigonometry, you will often find references toward and problems regarding "the unit circle." But, oddly, we are rarely ever taught what it is! This video will change that with an in-depth...