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Lesson 1- Reviewing the Primary Trigonometric Ratios

Recall: SOH CAH TOA

A
Sin =

O Opposite
H Hypotenuse
A - Adjacent

O
H

Cos =

A
H

Tan =

O
A

Note: To solve a triangle means to find all unknown sides and angles.
You can use your calculator to find the sin, cos or tan of any angle.
Example 1:
Evaluate.
a) sin 53

b) cos 86

c) tan 71

You can also use your calculator to find the value of an angle, given its sin, cos or tangent value.
Example 2:
Find the measure of each angle.
a) sin A = 0.7183
b) cos C = 0.9781

c) tan X = 1.1788

We can also use trig to solve for missing side lengths and angles. Refer to the handout Whats
My Triaingle for assistance with this.

Example 3:
Find the lengths of the missing sides (x) in the given triangles.
a)

37o

What Do I Have?
What Do I Need?

10 cm

What Should I Use?

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b)

What Do I Have?

What Do I Need?
53o
17 cm

What Should I Use?

What Do I Have?

c)
7.6 cm

What Do I Need?
What Should I Use?

3.6 cm

Example 4:
Find the measure of the missing angles ( ).
a)

What Two Sides Do I Have?

12 cm

5 cm

b)

What Should I Use?

What Two Sides Do I Have?

9 cm

What Should I Use?

15 cm