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multiple choice testing sin, cos, tan of angles that are negative or greater than 360 degrees that result in nice exact values.
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\nAlternatively, one can memorise the following table:
\n\n\n | $30^\\circ$ | \n$45^\\circ$ | \n$60^\\circ$ | \n
\n | \n | \n | \n |
$\\sin$ | \n$\\dfrac{1}{2}$ | \n$\\dfrac{1}{\\sqrt{2}}$ | \n$\\dfrac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}$ | \n
\n | \n | \n | \n |
$\\cos$ | \n$\\dfrac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}$ | \n$\\dfrac{1}{\\sqrt{2}}$ | \n$\\dfrac{1}{2}$ | \n
\n | \n | \n | \n |
$\\tan$ | \n$\\dfrac{1}{\\sqrt{3}}$ | \n$1$ | \n$\\sqrt{3}$ | \n
That combined with the unit circle definitions:
\nand some understanding of congruent triangles:
\n\n\nallows us to work out $\\sin$, $\\cos$ and $\\tan$ for certain angles regardless of what quadrant the point is in. Because whatever angle we are asked about, we can always use the triangle in the first quadrant to determine the side lengths and then consider the signs of the coordinates separately.
\n\nFor example, to determine $\\sin(210^\\circ)$, $\\cos(210^\\circ)$ and $\\tan(210^\\circ)$ we first draw the following:
\n\nFrom this diagram, we can see that $\\cos(210^\\circ)=-\\cos(30^\\circ)$, and $\\sin(210^\\circ)=-\\sin(30^\\circ)$ since the triangles are congruent and we are in the 3rd quadrant where both the $x$ and $y$ values (and hence the $\\cos$ and $\\sin$ values) are negative.
\nBut given we know these exact values, we can conclude \\[\\cos(210^\\circ)=-\\cos(30^\\circ)=-\\dfrac{\\sqrt{3}}{2},\\] \\[\\sin(210^\\circ)=-\\sin(30^\\circ)=-\\dfrac{1}{2},\\] and finally \\[\\tan(210^\\circ)=\\dfrac{\\sin(210^\\circ)}{\\cos(210^\\circ)}=\\dfrac{-\\frac{1}{2}}{-\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}}=\\dfrac{1}{\\sqrt{3}}.\\]
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\nThe exact value of $\\cos(\\var{theta}^\\circ)$ is [[1]].
\nIs $\\tan(\\var{theta}^\\circ)$ defined? [[2]]
\nThe exact value of $\\tan(\\var{theta}^\\circ)$ is [[3]].
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