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Precalculus | Packer Collegiate Institute

Basic Trigonometry on the Unit Circle


1. Find the exact value without using a calculator or using your unit circle plates.

Problem Picture/Triangle Problem Picture/Triangle
) cos( / 4 t

cos(0 )
o


tan(330 )
o


sin(135 )
o


sin(2 / 3) t

tan(5 ) t

tan(210 )
o


sin(5 / 6) t

cos(5 / 3) t

tan( 3 / 2) t


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2. Use you calculator to check if you got the right answers to the problems above (making sure you are
in the right mode degree or radian!)

3. Find the exact values of each expression without using a calculator:

(a) s ) cos(60 ) in(45
o o
+ (b) s ) tan(45 ) in(90
o o
+







(c) 2 / 4) 4tan( / 3) sin(t t + (d)
2
sin( / 4) / 3)
4
tan( t t
+








(e) ) sin(135 ) sin(225 ) sin(315 sin(45 )
o o o o
+ + + (f)
1 1
t co an s(30 (45 ) )
o o
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4. Use a calculator to find the approximate value of each expression rounded to two decimal places:

(a) sin(28 )
o
~ (b) tan( /10) t ~




(c) tan(1) ~ (d) tan(1 )
o
~




(e)
)
1
cos( / 8 t
~ (f)
1
sin(5 / 13) t
~