Trigonometry For Dummies
A plain-English guide to the basics of trig Trigonometry deals with the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles ... mostly right triangles. In practical use, trigonometry is a friend to astronomers who use triangulation to measure the distance between stars. Trig also has applications...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ
John Wiley & Sons
2014
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| Edition: | 2nd edition |
| Series: | For dummies
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Trigonometry; Chapter 1: Trouncing Trig Technicalities.; Taking Trig for a Ride: What Trig Is; Understanding Trig Speak; Equating and Identifying; Graphing for Gold; Chapter 2: Coordinating Your Efforts with Cartesian Coordinates.; Starting Out Simple: Plotting Points; From Here to There: Calculating Distances; Getting to the Center of It All; Racing Down the Slope; Defining Circles with Numbers
- Chapter 7: Doing Right by Trig Functions. SohCahToa to the Rescue: How Trig Functions Work; Taking It a Step Further: Reciprocal Functions; Angling In on Your Favorites; Chapter 8: Trading Triangles for Circles: Circular Functions.; Getting Acquainted with the Unit Circle; Going Full Circle with the Angles; Chapter 9: Defining Trig Functions Globally.; Defining Trig Functions for All Angles; Using Coordinates of Circles to Solve for Trig Functions; Defining Domains and Ranges of Trig Functions; Chapter 10: Applying Yourself to Trig Functions.; First Things First: Elevating and Depressing
- Chapter 3: Functioning Well. Relations versus Functions; In-Verse Functions: Rhyme or Reason?; Transforming Functions; Chapter 4: Getting Your Degree.; Angles, Angles Everywhere: Measuring in Degrees; Graphing Angles in Standard Position; What's Your Angle? Labeling in Various Ways; Chapter 5: Dishing Out the Pi: Radians.; What's in a Radian?; Making a Clone of Arc; Chapter 6: Getting It Right with Triangles.; Sizing Up Right Triangles; Pythagoras Schmythagoras: Demystifying the Pythagorean Theorem; In a League of Their Own: Special Right Triangles; Part II: Trigonometric Functions
- Lining Up the PlayersPicking Sides; Working on Both Sides; Going Back to Square One; Chapter 14: Sleuthing Out Identity Solutions.; Fracturing Fractions; Using Tricks of the Trig Trade; Identifying With the Operations; Part IV: Equations and Applications; Chapter 15: Investigating Inverse Trig Functions.; Writing It Right; Determining Domain and Range of Inverse Trig Functions; Chapter 16: Making Inverse Trig Work for You.; Working with Inverses; Getting Friendly with Your Calculator; Multiplying the Input; Solving Some Mixed Problems; Chapter 17: Solving Trig Equations
- Measuring Tall Buildings with a Single BoundMeasuring Slope; The Sky's (Not) the Limit; Calculating Odd Shapes and Maneuvering Corners; Part III: Identities; Chapter 11: Identifying Basic Identities.; Flipping Functions on Their Backs: Reciprocal Identities; Function to Function: Ratio Identities; Opposites Attract: Opposite-Angle Identities; Revisiting the Classic Theorem: Pythagorean Identities; Combining the Identities; Chapter 12: Operating on Identities.; Summing It Up; Overcoming the Differences; Doubling Your Money; Halving Fun Yet?; Chapter 13: Proving Identities: The Basics