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Section B.1 Trigonometry Reference
Subsection B.1.1 Definitions of the Trigonometric Functions
Unit Circle Definition.
| \(\sin \theta = y\) |
\(\cos \theta = x\) |
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| \(\ds\csc \theta = \frac1y\) |
\(\ds\sec \theta = \frac1x\) |
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| \(\ds\tan \theta = \frac yx\) |
\(\ds\cot \theta = \frac xy\) |
Right Triangle Definition.
| \(\ds\sin \theta = \frac{\text{O} }{\text{H} }\) |
\(\ds\csc \theta = \frac{\text{H} }{\text{O} }\) |
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| \(\ds\cos \theta = \frac{\text{A} }{\text{H} }\) |
\(\ds\sec \theta = \frac{\text{H} }{\text{A} }\) |
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| \(\ds\tan \theta = \frac{\text{O} }{\text{A} }\) |
\(\ds\cot \theta = \frac{\text{A} }{\text{O} }\) |
Subsection B.1.2 Common Trigonometric Identities
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\(\displaystyle \sin ^2x+\cos ^2x= 1\)
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\(\displaystyle \tan^2x+ 1 = \sec^2 x\)
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\(\displaystyle 1 + \cot^2x=\csc^2 x\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin 2x = 2\sin x\cos x\)
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\begin{align*}
\cos 2x \amp = \cos^2x - \sin^2 x \amp \amp \\
\amp = 2\cos^2x-1 \amp \amp \\
\amp = 1-2\sin^2x \amp \amp
\end{align*}
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\(\displaystyle \tan 2x = \frac{2\tan x}{1-\tan^2 x}\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) = \cos x\)
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\(\displaystyle \cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) = \sin x\)
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\(\displaystyle \tan\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) = \cot x\)
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\(\displaystyle \csc\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) = \sec x\)
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\(\displaystyle \sec\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) = \csc x\)
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\(\displaystyle \cot\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) = \tan x\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin(-x) = -\sin x\)
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\(\displaystyle \cos (-x) = \cos x\)
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\(\displaystyle \tan (-x) = -\tan x\)
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\(\displaystyle \csc(-x) = -\csc x\)
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\(\displaystyle \sec (-x) = \sec x\)
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\(\displaystyle \cot (-x) = -\cot x\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin^2 x = \frac{1-\cos 2x}{2}\)
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\(\displaystyle \cos^2 x = \frac{1+\cos 2x}{2}\)
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\(\displaystyle \tan^2x = \frac{1-\cos 2x}{1+\cos 2x}\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin x+\sin y = 2\sin \left(\frac{x+y}2\right)\cos\left(\frac{x-y}2\right)\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin x-\sin y = 2\sin \left(\frac{x-y}2\right)\cos\left(\frac{x+y}2\right)\)
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\(\displaystyle \cos x+\cos y = 2\cos \left(\frac{x+y}2\right)\cos\left(\frac{x-y}2\right)\)
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\(\displaystyle \cos x-\cos y = -2\sin \left(\frac{x+y}2\right)\sin\left(\frac{x-y}2\right)\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin x\sin y = \frac12 \big(\cos(x-y) - \cos (x+y)\big)\)
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\(\displaystyle \cos x\cos y = \frac12\big(\cos (x-y) +\cos (x+y)\big)\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin x\cos y = \frac12 \big(\sin(x+y) + \sin (x-y)\big)\)
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\(\displaystyle \sin (x\pm y) = \sin x\cos y \pm \cos x\sin y\)
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\(\displaystyle \cos (x\pm y) = \cos x\cos y \mp \sin x\sin y\)
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\(\displaystyle \tan (x\pm y) = \frac{\tan x\pm \tan y}{1\mp \tan x\tan y}\)
