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Lesson 13 Aviation Math

The document provides information on basic trigonometric concepts including: - Angles can be measured in degrees or radians. Common trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and tangent are used to relate angles and sides of triangles. - Trigonometric functions and Pythagorean theorem can be applied to solve problems involving right triangles, such as calculating distances when some sides and angles are known. - Examples demonstrate using trigonometric functions and tables to solve problems related to aircraft maintenance, distances, and fitting objects through openings.

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Lesson 13 Aviation Math

The document provides information on basic trigonometric concepts including: - Angles can be measured in degrees or radians. Common trigonometric functions like sine, cosine, and tangent are used to relate angles and sides of triangles. - Trigonometric functions and Pythagorean theorem can be applied to solve problems involving right triangles, such as calculating distances when some sides and angles are known. - Examples demonstrate using trigonometric functions and tables to solve problems related to aircraft maintenance, distances, and fitting objects through openings.

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• Objectives

• The student should be familiar with the basic


elements of the subject.
• The student should be able to give a simple
description of the whole subject, using
common words and examples.
• The student should be able to use typical term
• Aircraft maintenance data is often presented on
a graph.
• Explanation and examples of how graphs are
constructed, used and how to interpret the vital
information conveyed by graphs
• Trigonometric functions are also important in
acoustics, electricity and electronics
• ANGLES
• Angles are measured either in
degrees or radians
• Degrees are given the symbol °. A degree is 1/360 of a full
circle
• In other words a full circle is divided into 360°.
• Degrees are further divided in to 60 minutes. Minutes have
the symbol '. Each minute is divided into 60 seconds.
• Example
• An angle with the measure of 36 degrees, 16 minutes and
34 seconds is therefore written as
• 72°30’ = 72.5°
• Radians have no symbol,
sometimes however, to avoid
confusion,
• they are written with the
word 'radians' after the
numerical value.
• Degrees To Radians
• multiply by π /180.
• Convert 27° and 195° to radians
• Radians To Degrees
• multiply by 180/ π .
• Convert 5 and 2π/3 radians to degrees.
• TRIANGLES
• All triangles have three sides and
the sum of the angles in any
triangle is 180°.
• Example
• For the triangle shown, what is the
measure of the angle 0?
•State the type of
triangle shown below
and give a reason for
your answer.
• SQUARE
• The square has four sides
of equal length.
• Each of the interior
angles is 90°.
• The diagonals are equal
and bisect each other.
• RECTANGLE
• The rectangle has two pairs of opposite
and equal sides.
• Each of the interior angles is 90°.
• The diagonals are equal and bisect each
other
• RHOMBUS
• The rhombus has four sides of
equal length.
• The diagonals are not equal in
length.
• The diagonals bisect each other.
• PARALLELOGRAM
• The parallelogram has two pairs
of opposite, equal and parallel
sides.
• The diagonals are not equal in
length.
• The diagonals bisect each other.
• TRAPEZIUM
• This shape has one pair
of opposite sides
• that are parallel to each
other.
•KITE
•A kite has two pairs of
sides of equal length.
• Trigonometry is the study of the relationship between the angles and
sides of a triangle
• The word trigonometry comes from the Greek trigonon, which means
three angles, and metro, which means measure.
• Common uses for sine, cosine and tangent are
calculating an angle when the lengths of the
sides are known or calculating the sides when
the values of the angles are known.
• The following examples are given to instruct
how to use trigonometric function tables and to
illustrate possible uses for doing so.
• DME (distance measuring equipment) indication on an
older aircraft measures and displays the distance from the
aircraft directly to the ground based DME broadcast unit.
• This is known as the slant distance and is displayed as 13
nautical miles which is 24 076 meters.
• The aircraft altimeter indicates the aircraft is 3 765 meters
above the ground
• A right angle is formed between
the aircraft, the point directly
under the aircraft and the DME
ground broadcast station.
• Thus a right triangle exists
between the ground station, the
point under the aircraft and the
aircraft itself
• What is the distance over the
ground from directly under the
aircraft to the DME broadcast
location? Since we now know
that angle A is 90°, use the
cosine function to find this
unknown distance
• For the triangle shown below
• find:
• (i) the sine of angle A
• (ii) the tangent of angle A
• (iii) The cosine of angle B
• To find values of sine, cosine and
tangent for angles greater than 90°
we use the unit circle
• A unit circle is a circle with a radius of
length 1 unit.
• Pythagoras' Theorem is named after the ancient Greek
mathematician, Pythagoras (~500 B.C.).
• This theorem is used to find the third side of any right
triangle when two sides are known.
• The Pythagoras' Theorem states that 𝑎𝑎2 + 𝑏𝑏 2 = 𝑐𝑐 2 .
• Where
• c = the hypotenuse of a right triangle,
• a is one side of the triangle and
• b is the other side of the triangle.
• What is the length of the longest
side of a right triangle, given the
other sides are 7 meters and 9
meters?
• The longest side of a right
triangle is always side c, the
hypotenuse
• The cargo door opening in a military
airplane is a rectangle that is 1.75
meters tall by 2 meters wide. A section
of square steel plate that is 2.25 meters
wide by 2.25 meters tall by 2
centimeters thick must fit inside the
airplane. Can the square section of
steel plate fit through the cargo door?

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