I. Angles
The measure of an angle is the amount of rotation performed to get the terminal side from the initial side.
1. Degree measure: If a rotation from the initial side to terminal side is
2. Radian measure: An angle subtended at the center by an arc of length 1 unit in a unit circle is said to be of 1 radian. Radian measure is a real number corresponding to degree measure.
180° = π radians
Radian measure =
Degree measure =
l = rθ, where l = arc length, r = radius of the circle and θ = angle in radian measure.
II. Trigonometric Function
Consider a unit circle with centre at the origin of the coordinate axis.
Let P (a, b) be any point on the circle which makes an angle θ° with the x-axis. Let x be the corresponding radian measure of the angle θ°, i.e; x is the arc length corresponding to θ°.
From the ∆OMP’m the figure we get;
sin θ = sin x =
This means that for each real value of x we get corresponding unique ‘sin’ and ‘cosine’ value which is also real. Hence we can define the six trigonometric functions as follows.
1. f : R → [-1, 1] defined by f(x) = sin x
2. f : R → [-1, 1] defined by f(x) = cos x
3. f : R – {nπ, n ∈ Z} → R – (-1, 1) defined by f(x) =
4. f : R – {(2n + 1)
5. f : R – {(2n + 1)π, n ∈ Z} → R defined by f(x) =
6. f : R – {nπ, n ∈ Z} → R defined by f(x) =
Sign of trigonometric functions in different quadrants;
For odd multiple of
sin → cos
cos → sin
sec → cosec
cosec → sec
tan → cot
cot → tan
The value of trigonometric functions for some specific angles;
III. Compound Angle Formula
sin(x + y) = sin x cos y + cos x sin y
sin(x – y) = sin x cos y – cos x sin y
cos(x + y) = cos x cos y – sin x sin y
cos(x – y) = cos x cos y + sin x sin y
sin(x + y) sin(x – y) = sin2 x – sin2 y = cos2 x – cos2 y
cos(x + y) cos(x – y) = cos2 x – sin2 y
IV. Multiple Angle Formula
cos2x = cos2 x – sin2 x
= 1 – 2sin2 x
= 2 cos2 x – 1
=
V. Sub-Multiple Angle Formula
VI. Sum Formula
VII. Product Formula
2 sin x cos y = sin(x + y) + sin(x – y)
2 cos x sin y = sin(x + y) – sin(x – y)
2 cos x cos y = cos(x + y) + cos(x – y)
2 sin x sin y = cos(x – y) – cos(x + y)
VIII. Solution of Trigonometric Equations
sin x = 0 gives x = nπ, where n ∈ Z
cos x = 0 gives x = (2n + 1)π, where n ∈ Z
tanx = 0 gives x = nπ, where n ∈ Z
sin x = sin y ⇒ x = nπ + (-1)n y, where n ∈ Z
cos x = cos y ⇒ x = 2nπ ± y, where n ∈ Z
tan x = tan y ⇒ x = nπ + y, where n ∈ Z
Principal solution is the solution which lies in the interval 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π.
IX. Sine and Cosine formulae
Let ABC be a triangle. By angle A we mean the angle between the sides AB and AC which lies between 0° and 180°. The angles B and C are similarly defined. The sides AB, BC, and CA opposite to the vertices C, A, and B will be denoted by c, a, and b, respectively.
Theorem 1 (sine formula): In any triangle, sides are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. That is, in a triangle ABC
Theorem 2 (Cosine formulae): Let A, B and C be angles of a triangle and a, b and c be lengths of sides opposite to angles A, B, and C, respectively, then
a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A
b2 = c2 + a2 – 2ca cos B
c2 = a2 + b2 – 2ab cos C
A convenient form of the cosine formulae, when angles are to be found are as follows:
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