Glossary
Revision of trigonometric functions
Radians
Trigonometric functions
Features associated with periodic functions
The basic trigonometric functions
Exact values for trigonometric functions: special triangles
Another way of viewing trigonometric functions
Transformations of trigonometric functions
Translations
Enlargements
Putting it all together – translations and enlargements
Using a graphics calculator to draw trigonometric graphs
Trigonometric identities
Reciprocal trigonometric functions and identities
Hints of proving identities
Two more trigonometric identities and simple proofs
The Pythagorean identities
Mixing it up
Angle sums and differences
Double angles
Sums and products
Trigonometric equations
1 Basic equations
2 Rearrangements of general solutions
3 Solving trigonometric equations by factorising
4 Using a graphics calculator to solve trigonometric equations
Putting it together
Practice tasks
Answers
Charlotte has over 10 years’ experience in teaching Mathematics, the majority of this as Assistant HOD of Mathematics and Dean of Year 9 at Darfield High School. She has also undertaken a year at St Margaret’s – a high decile, girls’ school. Here she focused on teaching the junior levels (including Year 7 and 8).
Victoria has twenty years’ experience in teaching Mathematics and has recently retired as Teacher of Mathematics and Specialist Classroom Teacher at Riccarton High School. She has received a Jim Campbell award for teaching excellence (2003) and an Ernest Duncan award in Mathematics (2007).
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