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Trigonometry Trigonometry Trigonometry
On the triangle below, identify What are the sin, cos and tan
the: Explain what is meant by: ratios for angle a in the triangle
below?
a) hypotenuse
b) adjacent side SOHCAHTOA
c) opposite side
a 13cm
a
12cm
5cm
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Sketch the triangle described in Sketch the triangle described in Sketch the triangle described in
this question: this question: this question:
A slide is 7m long. For safety, it A window is 4m from the ground. A carpenter leaves a 3.5m plank
cannot make an angle larger than A painter needs to reach the of wood leaning against the wall.
45° with the ground. What is the window, and his ladder makes a The bottom of the plank is 37cm
maximum height of the slide? 60° angle with the ground. How away from the bottom of the wall.
long is the ladder? What angles does the plank make
with the wall?
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Show all your workings to find the Show all your workings to find the Show all your workings to find the
height of the crane: length of the lighthouse beam: length of the shadow:
lighthouse beam
pylon 45m
lighthouse
85m
crane
35° 27°
adjacent
hyp 13
adjacent
opp 5 cosine
tan a hypotenuse
adj 12 opposite
opposite
tangent
adjacent
x°
3.5m ladder 7m
4m height
60° 45°
37cm
45 7 c
tan 27 cos 35 sin 40
p b 85
45 7 c 85 sin 40
p b
tan 27 cos 35 54.6m(3s.f.)
88.3m(3s.f.) 8.55km(3s.f.)
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What is an inverse function? Explain how you would find the Explain what is wrong with these
inverse functions sin‐1, cos‐1 and workings:
E.g. tan‐1 on your calculator.
sin‐1, cos‐1, tan‐1 3
tan x 0.75
4
When would you use one of these
0.75
inverse functions in x
tan
trigonometry?
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A tree is 18m tall. 20m away, a A bird sits on a pylon that is 13m A 40m tall lighthouse shines its
mouse is on the ground looking tall. The bird spies a tasty worm beam directly at a ship. The
up at the very top of the tree. 15m away from the base of the beam has an angle of depression
What is the angle of elevation pylon. What is the angle of of 22°. How far away is the ship
from the mouse to the top of the depression from the bird to the from the bottom of the
tree? worm? lighthouse?
The workings are wrong as you On most calculators … An inverse function is where you
cannot remove the tan function apply the opposite process to the
from one side by dividing by tan. shift + sin gives sin‐1 original function.
It is a function, not a number! shift + cos gives cos‐1
shift + tan gives tan‐1 We use sin , cos and tan‐1 when
‐1 ‐1
You should apply the inverse you want to find a missing angle.
function to each side: Make sure you know how your
3 calculator works before your
tan x 0.75
4 exam!
1
x tan 0.75
bird
lighthouse
y°
22° x°
x°
pylon 13m
tree 18m
40m
y ship x°
15m worm
20m mouse
opposite 15
x 90 22 68
tan x opposite
adjacent 13 tan x
opposite adjacent
tan x 15
adjacent x tan 1 tan x
18
0 .9
13 20
y
tan(68) 15
40 y 90 tan 1 x tan 1(0.9)
y 40 tan(68) 13
42.0 (3s.f.)
99.0m (3s.f.) 40.9 (3s.f.)
Teaching notes
This pack contains 18 flash cards (9 per double sided sheet).
Print or photocopy the sheets back to back, so the questions match up with the answers on the other side.
It may be best to print onto thin/scrap paper first to check alignment, before printing onto thicker card or
paper.
Collect the cards together into a set with a treasury tag, paper clip, envelope, etc.
Students could be encouraged to take ownership of their cards by colour coding, adding notes, or adding
their own cards to the pack.
Cards could be used for independent revision or a ‘test’ with a friend asking the questions.