Trigonometry is a field of mathematics that studies relationships between side lengths and angles of triangles. The field emerged in the Hellenistic world during the 3rd century BC from applications of geometry to astronomical studies. Though many modern students who pursue this career are unaware of its history, it has always been important to engineers. Pythagoras, the Pythagorean Theorem and Archimedes’ The Great Bridge are just a few of the timeless concepts that the mathematics of triangles can be applied to. Trigonometry has two primary components: arithmetic and geometry. Geometry describes geometric relationships between lines and angles. Arithmetic is the study of multiplication, division, integration, and multiplication.
2. What is Trigonometry?
• Trigonometry is a field of mathematics that studies
relationships between side lengths and angles of triangles.
The field emerged in the Hellenistic world during the 3rd
century BC from applications of geometry to astronomical
studies. Though many modern students who pursue this
career are unaware of its history, it has always been
important to engineers. Pythagoras, the Pythagorean
Theorem and Archimedes’ The Great Bridge are just a few
of the timeless concepts that the mathematics of triangles
can be applied to. Trigonometry has two primary
components: arithmetic and geometry. Geometry describes
geometric relationships between lines and angles.
Arithmetic is the study of multiplication, division,
integration, and multiplication.
3. Trigonometric Ratios
• You'll start learning about trigonometry by studying
ratios—sizes of the various areas in a triangle. Because we
need to know the lengths and angles of the triangles so we
can measure them, we have to find the ratios between the
sides of each triangle. As we learn about ratios, we'll see
that the lengths and angles of each side of a triangle have a
relationship to each other, and to the sides of a third
triangle, which we'll also need to make and compare. In
other words, we want to know what the hypotenuse (the
other side of the triangle) and the other two sides of the
triangle (the sides opposite the other two sides of the
triangle) are. A. The Pythagorean Theorem All three sides
of a triangle have the same length if the square of the
opposite side is 1.
4. Functions of Sine and Cosine
• On top of being useful for math equations, trigonometry
also works as a useful skill for everyone who uses an iPhone
and uses the calculator app. On their own, sin and cosines
are not very complicated operations. In the first step, you
need to know how to understand what a “sin” and a
“cosine” is, and what the corresponding ratios are. Trig, the
technical name for trigonometry, is based on two other
Greek terms that are called “a sinus” and “cose.” In physics,
a sinus refers to the central or resonant peak of a vibrating
system, and cose refers to the amplitude of a vibration. To
find the volume of a system, the sinus is divided by the
cose, and this measurement becomes a measure of the
dimensions of the system. In trigonometry, these
measurements are called “a sinus” and “a cosine
5. Functions of Tangent and Cotangent
• To begin with, let’s review some important concepts in
trigonometry. Tangent Tangents are a function of one
side of a triangle. The tangent at any point in a triangle
will tell you how much the length of the opposite side
is away from the tangent line. In other words, if you are
on one side of a triangle, then the tangent to that side
will tell you how far from the perpendicular your other
side is. For example, if you are on one side of the
triangle and the opposite side is located about 10 feet
away from you on the other side, the tangent would be
zero (that is, it is zero from one side to the other). If
your original side is 30 feet away and your opposite
side is 5 feet, then the tangent would be zero.
6. Applications of Trigonometry
• To better understand how tridimensional triangles relate to
angles, let's make some triangles. Triangle area of triangle
with area 2 2 + (sin + cos) 2.6 Triangle area of triangle with
area 2 2.6 Right triangle with area = [(sin - cos) 2.6)2
Triangle area of triangle with area = [(sin - cos) 2.6)2
Triangle area of triangle with area = [(sin - cos) 2.6)2
Triangle area of triangle with area = [(sin - cos) 2.6)2
Triangle area of triangle with area = [(sin - cos) 2.6)2 The
two triangles with equal areas and side lengths are
identical. Since angles between sides and lengths are one
another, they must also have the same area. And the two
triangles with equal angles and sides are identical. Since
angles between sides and lengths are one another, they
must also have the same area.
