MAINTAINING YOUR SKILLS
94. (5.1) The armature for the
rear windshield wiper has
a length of 24 in., with a
rubber wiper blade that is
20 in. long. What area of
my rear windshield is
cleaned as the armature swings back-and-forth
through an angle of ?
95.
(5.1) The boxes used to ship
some washing machines are
perfect cubes with edges
measuring 38 in. Use a special
triangle to find the length of the
diagonal d of one side, and the
length of the interior diagonal D
(through the middle of the box).
d
D
110°
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92. (1.5) Solve by factoring:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
93.
(2.5) For the graph of T(x)
given, (a) name the local
maximums and minimums,
(b) the zeroes of T,
(c) intervals where
and and
(d) intervals where and .
T1x26 0T1x27 0
T1x2c,T1x2T
y
T(x)
55
3
3
g
3
9g
2
10g 90 0
g
2
9g 10 0
g
2
9g 10 0
g
2
9 0
g
2
9g 0
This section tends to bridge the study of static trigonometry and the angles of a right tri-
angle, with the study of dynamic trigonometry and the unit circle. This is accomplished
by noting that the domain of the trig functions (unlike a triangle point of view) need not
be restricted to acute angles. We’ll soon see that the domain can be extended to include
trig functions of any angle, a view that greatly facilitates our work in Chapter 7, where
many applications involve angles greater than .
A. Trigonometric Ratios and the Point P(x, y)
Regardless of where a right triangle is situated or how it
is oriented, each trig function can be defined as a given
ratio of sides with respect to a given angle. In this light,
consider a 30-60-90 triangle placed in the first quadrant
with the angle at the origin and the longer side along
the x-axis. From our previous review of similar triangles,
the trig ratios will have the same value regardless of the
triangle’s size so for convenience, we’ll use a hypotenuse
of 10. This gives sides of 5, and 10, and from the
diagram in Figure 5.22 we note the point (x, y) marking
the vertex of the angle has coordinates ( 5).
Further, the diagram shows that and can all be expressed in
terms of these coordinates since and
where r is the length of the hypotenuse. Each result
reduces to the more familiar values seen earlier: and
. This suggests we can define the six trig functions in terms
of x, y, and r, where .
r 2x
2
y
2
tan 30°
1
13
13
3
sin 30°
1
2
, cos 30°
13
2
,
opp
adj
5
513
y
x
1tangent2,
opp
hyp
5
10
y
r
1sine2,
adj
hyp
513
10
x
r
1cosine2,
tan 30°cos 30°,sin 30°,
513
,
60°
513
,
30°
90°
5.3 Trigonometry and the Coordinate Plane
Learning Objectives
In Section 5.3 you will learn how to:
A. Define the trigonometric
functions using the
coordinates of a point
in QI
B. Use reference angles to
evaluate the trig
functions for any angle
C. Solve applications using
the trig functions of any
angle
5
5
10
30
60
10
y
(5√3, 5)
5√3
Figure 5.22
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