Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Trigonometric Identities: 3/24

We spent the first half of class working on our projects. The rough drafts are due today!
Then we did the warm up.

Solve graphically/numerically:






The graphs were the same, so this equation is actually an identity.






Making a proof for this identity:




sec(x)+tan(x) = Left hand side
\frac{1}{cos(x)} + \frac{sin(x)}{cos(x)}

\frac{1+sin(x)}{cos(x)} = Right hand side



More on Identities
on page 374 has list of fundamental trigonometric identities (this will be your Rosetta Stone):
  • Reciprocal
  • Quotient
  • Pythagorean
  • Cofunction
  • Even/Odd

Homework:
page 379: 9-65 (by 4's), 77, 93

Kayla will be next scribe!

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