| Title: |
Math and Your Career |
| ISBN: |
1-894923-44-8 |
| Screens: |
29 |
Synopsis
Learn the uses of trigonometry in everyday life. Practical, real-life situations show you the links between the math you learn in class and its applications in different trades and professions.
Objectives
- Explain how to use sine, cosine, and tangent functions in everyday life
- Solve several real-life problems
- Explain the importance of understanding trigonometry within the right triangle
- Find relations between the opposite side, the adjacent side, and the hypotenuse of a right triangle
- Work with a calculator to find the measure of an angle
Outline
- Acknowledgement
- Introduction
- Understanding Trigonometry
- Its Origins and Uses
- Conventions
- The Pythagorean Theorem
- Illustrating the Pythagorean Theorem
- Trigonometric Ratios
- How to Use Trigonometric Functions
- Calculating the Sine and Arcsine
- Finding Out Which Function to Use
- Working with the Sine Function
- What is a Sine?
- Finding the Side Opposite to the Angle
- Finding the Hypotenuse
- Finding the Angle of Inclination
- Checkpoint I
- Working with the Tangent Function
- What Is the Tangent Function?
- Finding the Side Opposite To the Angle
- Finding the Side Adjacent To the Angle
- Finding the Angle of Inclination
- Using the Cosine Function
- What Is the Cosine Function?
- Finding the Side Adjacent to the Angle
- Finding the Hypotenuse
- Finding the Angle of Inclination
- Final Checkpoint
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