Trigonometry Basic Trigonometry Trigonometry - Deals with the relationship between angles and sides of triangle.

Pythagorean Theorem states that the square of the longest side in the right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides
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Example: A missile is launched at an angle of with respect to the horizontal. If it travels in a straight line over level terrain for 2 minutes and its average speed is 6000 mi/h. what is its altitude? Solution:

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d = vt = 200mi h=?

Page |2 Sine Law states that the proportionality of the sides and their corresponding angles which can be used to solve the missing dimensions of the right triangle A a c

C b Example: Given: two angles and one side c=6 A= B=

Find the two other sides and the third angle. ( )

! THE SUM OF THE INTERIOR ANGLES OF ANY TRIANGLE IS

Cosine Law - Used to solve the missing dimensions of a non-right triangle. A a c

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Page |3 Example: Given: a = 45 b = 67 C= Solution:

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