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Unit-Circle Activity

This document discusses trigonometric functions and the unit circle. It provides definitions of the six trig functions in terms of sine, cosine, and tangent. It gives examples of finding exact trig function values using the unit circle for angles in various quadrant positions including quadrantal, initial, and terminal angles. Finally, it provides practice problems evaluating trig functions using the unit circle.

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Unit-Circle Activity

This document discusses trigonometric functions and the unit circle. It provides definitions of the six trig functions in terms of sine, cosine, and tangent. It gives examples of finding exact trig function values using the unit circle for angles in various quadrant positions including quadrantal, initial, and terminal angles. Finally, it provides practice problems evaluating trig functions using the unit circle.

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Angles and the Unit Circle

Remember for every point on the unit circle, we can draw a right triangle:

Using Right Triangle Trig, write down the following in terms of x and y:

sin   __________ csc   __________

cos   __________ sec   __________

tan   __________ cot   __________

Use your Unit Circle to find the exact values of the following trig functions:
 2 5
1. cos 45 2. sin 3. cos 4. sin
4 3 2

7
5. sin 0 6. cos90 7. 
sin 270  8. cos
6

 5   
9. tan 10. tan 11. tan    12. tan 0
3 6  2 

Homework – Use your Unit Circle to find the following:

5 4 
1. sin 45 2. cos 3. sin 4. cos
4 3 2

  
5. cos 0 
6. sin 90  7. cos60 8. sin  


6 

2 7 3 
9. tan 10. tan 11. tan 12. tan
3 6 2 4
2

Go online to research answers to the following questions:

1. So far we have used three trig functions – sine, cosine and tangent. But actually there are
six trig functions! What are they?

2. What are the reciprocal identities? List them here:

Find each exact value using the Unit Circle.

 5 5
1. Sin 2. Cos 3. Tan 4. Cos 210
4 6 3

3
5. Sin 300 6. Tan 330 7. Sin 8. Cos 240
4

8
9. Sin 10. Cos 420 11. Tan  12. Csc 330
3
3

9
13. Sec 14. Cot 135 15. Cot  5 16. Csc 540
2

13
17. Sec 270   18. Tan 210  19. Cos  20 20. Sin
4

Refer to the unit circle to help you evaluate the following trigonometric functions.

27. Sec 300˚ 28. Cos 210˚ 29. Cotan (–225˚) 30. Csc 

31. sin 2 32. Tan  33. Sec 11 34. Tan (–150˚)
3 4 6

35. Cos 2 36. Tan (–300˚) 37. Cot 7 38. sin (–30˚)
3 4

39. Sec  40. Cos 5


2 3

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