10-5-2023 Chapter 6 Part 2

Class Notes

Topics Covered:

  • Drawing an arc to find a central angle or an arc length on the unit circle

  • Finding coordinates on the unit circle for special angles

  • Finding a point on the unit circle given one coordinate and the quadrant

  • Using the coordinates of points on the unit circle to define sine and cosine for all real numbers

  • Special triangles with a hypotenuse of length 1

  • Drawing a reference triangle on the unit circle and using it to derive values of trigonometric functions: Radians

  • Trigonometric functions and special angles: Problem type 1: Radians

  • Finding values of trigonometric functions from a point on the unit circle

  • Trigonometric functions and special angles: Problem type 2

  • Using the coordinates of points on the unit circle to define trigonometric functions for all real numbers

  • Trigonometric functions and special angles: Problem type 3

  • Evaluating expressions involving sine or cosine

  • Sketching an angle with absolute value less than 2π radians, and also its reference angle

  • Reference angles in radians: Problem type 1

  • Sketching an angle with absolute value greater than 2π radians, and also its reference angle

  • Reference angles in radians: Problem type 2

  • Using the unit circle to understand that sine and cosine are periodic

  • Using symmetries on the unit circle to understand trigonometric identities: Problem type 2

  • Using the unit circle to understand the odd and even identities for sine and cosine