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What is the formula for sine?

sin⁡(θ)=oppositehypotenuse\sin(\theta) = \frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{hypotenuse}}sin(θ)=hypotenuseopposite​

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What is the formula for sine?

sin⁡(θ)=oppositehypotenuse\sin(\theta) = \frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{hypotenuse}}sin(θ)=hypotenuseopposite​

What is the formula for cosine?

cos⁡(θ)=adjacenthypotenuse\cos(\theta) = \frac{\text{adjacent}}{\text{hypotenuse}}cos(θ)=hypotenuseadjacent​

What is the formula for tangent?

tan⁡(θ)=oppositeadjacent\tan(\theta) = \frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{adjacent}}tan(θ)=adjacentopposite​

What is the formula for cosecant?

csc⁡(θ)=1sin⁡(θ)\csc(\theta) = \frac{1}{\sin(\theta)}csc(θ)=sin(θ)1​

What is the formula for secant?

sec⁡(θ)=1cos⁡(θ)\sec(\theta) = \frac{1}{\cos(\theta)}sec(θ)=cos(θ)1​

What is the formula for cotangent?

cot⁡(θ)=1tan⁡(θ)\cot(\theta) = \frac{1}{\tan(\theta)}cot(θ)=tan(θ)1​

What is the conversion from polar to rectangular coordinates for x?

x=rcos⁡(θ)x = r \cos(\theta)x=rcos(θ)

What is the conversion from polar to rectangular coordinates for y?

y=rsin⁡(θ)y = r \sin(\theta)y=rsin(θ)

What is the Pythagorean identity?

sin⁡2(θ)+cos⁡2(θ)=1\sin^2(\theta) + \cos^2(\theta) = 1sin2(θ)+cos2(θ)=1

Formula for the period of y=Asin⁡(B(x−C))+Dy = A\sin(B(x-C)) + Dy=Asin(B(x−C))+D?

2π∣B∣\frac{2\pi}{|B|}∣B∣2π​

Define periodic phenomena.

Patterns that repeat over time.

What are sinusoidal functions?

Periodic functions represented by sine or cosine.

Define inverse trigonometric functions.

Functions that find angles from given sine, cosine, or tangent values.

What are polar coordinates?

Another way to express positions in a plane using distance and angle.

Define amplitude of a sinusoidal function.

The maximum displacement from the midline of the function.

What is the period of a trigonometric function?

The length of one complete cycle of the function.

Define vertical shift.

A transformation that moves the graph of a function up or down.

What is the unit circle?

A circle with radius 1 centered at the origin, used to define trigonometric functions.

Define radian.

A unit of angular measure defined as the angle subtended at the center of a circle by an arc equal in length to the radius.

What is a polar function?

A function defined in polar coordinates, typically in the form r = f(θ).

What does the graph of y=sin⁡(x)y = \sin(x)y=sin(x) tell us?

It shows a periodic wave oscillating between -1 and 1, with x-intercepts at multiples of π\piπ.

How does the graph of y=cos⁡(x)y = \cos(x)y=cos(x) differ from y=sin⁡(x)y = \sin(x)y=sin(x)?

The graph of cosine is a sine wave shifted π2\frac{\pi}{2}2π​ units to the left. It starts at its maximum value.

What does a vertical stretch in the graph of y=sin⁡(x)y = \sin(x)y=sin(x) indicate?

It indicates a change in amplitude, making the wave taller or shorter.

What does the graph of r=cos⁡(θ)r = \cos(\theta)r=cos(θ) represent in polar coordinates?

It represents a circle centered on the x-axis passing through the origin.

What does the graph of y=tan⁡(x)y = \tan(x)y=tan(x) tell us?

It has vertical asymptotes at x=π2+nπx = \frac{\pi}{2} + n\pix=2π​+nπ, where n is an integer, and a period of π\piπ.

How does the graph of y=arcsin⁡(x)y = \arcsin(x)y=arcsin(x) look?

It's the inverse of the sine function, defined for [-1, 1] and ranging from [−π2,π2][-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}][−2π​,2π​].

What does the graph of r=ar = ar=a in polar coordinates represent?

A circle centered at the origin with radius a.

What does a horizontal compression of sin⁡(x)\sin(x)sin(x) look like on a graph?

The period decreases, causing the graph to oscillate more frequently.

How can you identify the period of a sinusoidal function from its graph?

Measure the distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs.

What does the graph of r=θr = \thetar=θ in polar coordinates look like?

A spiral that extends outward from the origin as θ\thetaθ increases.