If your angle is acute (i.e.

between 00 and 9090), you could draw a right-angled

triangle having your angle, then work out the corresponding trigonometric ratio by
measuring the relevant sides and dividing them. If your angle is exactly 00,
then sin(0)=0,cos(0)=1,tan(0)=0sin(0)=0,cos(0)=1,tan(0)=0. If your angle is
exactly 9090, then sin(90)=1,cos(90)=0,tan(90)sin(90)=1,cos(90)=0,tan(90) is
undefined.
If your angle is between 9090 and 180180, use the formulae:

sin(180x)=sin(x)sin(180x)=sin(x)
cos(180x)=cos(x)cos(180x)=cos(x)
tan(180x)=tan(x)tan(180x)=tan(x)
If your angle is between 180180 and 270270, use the formulae:

sin(180+x)=sin(x)sin(180+x)=sin(x)
cos(180+x)=cos(x)cos(180+x)=cos(x)
tan(180+x)=tan(x)tan(180+x)=tan(x)
If your angle is between 270270 and 360360, use the formulae:

sin(360x)=sin(x)sin(360x)=sin(x)
cos(360x)=cos(x)cos(360x)=cos(x)
tan(360x)=tan(x)tan(360x)=tan(x)
If your angle is greater than 360360, subtract it by 360360 enough times until it is not
greater than 360360 anymore. If your angle is negative, add 360360 to it enough times
until it is no longer negative.

If you have a reciprocal ratio (sec(x)sec(x), csc(x)csc(x), or cot(x)cot(x)), simply

find 1cos(x)1cos(x), 1sin(x)1sin(x) or 1tan(x)1tan(x) instead.

Two squares are chosen at random on a chessboard. What is the probability that they
have a side in common?

A.

1/18

B.

64/4032

C.

63/64

D.

1/9

Solution:
Sample space will be total ways of selecting 2 squares (order doesn't matter) out of available 64
squares.
So sample space =64C2
Now there are 7 unique adjacent square sets in each row and each column.
i.e. favourable cases will be 7(8 rows + 8 columns) = 112.
Hence Required Probability=

Favourable cases
---------------------Sample Space
=

112
---64C2
= 1/18

In64squares,thereare:
(1)4at-cornersquares,eachhasONLY2squareseachhavingasideincommon
with...
(2)6*4=24sidesquares,eachhasONLY3squaressuchthateachhasasidein
commonwith...
(3)6*6=36innersquares,eachhas4squaressuchthateachhasasidein
commonwith...

Sowehavethecalculation:
P=(4/64)*(2/63)+(24/64)*(3/63)+(36/64)*(4/63)
P=1/18