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Objective: In this lesson you learned how to identify a unit circle and its
relationship to real numbers.
Unit circle A circle of radius 1 centered at the origin and given by the equation
x2 + y2 = 1. The basis for one of the perspectives of trigonometry.
Period A function f is periodic if there exists a positive real number c such that
f(t + c) = f(t) for all t in the domain of f. The smallest number c for which f is periodic
is called the period of f.
II. The Trigonometric Functions (Pages 295−297) What you should learn
How to evaluate
The coordinates x and y are two functions of the real variable t. trigonometric functions
These coordinates can be used to define six trigonometric using the unit circle
functions of t. List the abbreviation for each trigonometric
function.
Let t be a real number and let (x, y) be the point on the unit circle
corresponding to t. Complete the following definitions of the
trigonometric functions:
sin t = y cos t = x
y 0 √2 /2 1 √2 /2 0 − √2 /2 −1 − √2 /2
t 0 π/6 π/3 π/2 2π/3 5π/6 π 7π/6 4π/3 3π/2 5π/3 11π/6
x 1 √3 /2 1/2 0 − 1/2 − √3 /2 −1 − √3 /2 − 1/2 0 1/2 √3 /2
III. Domain and Period of Sine and Cosine (Pages 297−298) What you should learn
How to use the domain
The sine function’s domain is the set of all real numbers , and period to evaluate
and its range is [− 1, 1] . sine and cosine functions
31π
Example 2: Evaluate sin
6
− 1/2
IV. Evaluating Trigonometric Functions with a Calculator What you should learn
(Page 298) How to use a calculator
to evaluate trigonometric
To evaluate the secant function with a calculator, . . . functions
evaluate its reciprocal function, cosine, and then use the x-1 key.
Additional notes
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