What is Trignometry: Definition and 30 Discussions

Trigonometry (from Greek trigōnon, "triangle" and metron, "measure") is a branch of mathematics that studies relationships between side lengths and angles of triangles. The field emerged in the Hellenistic world during the 3rd century BC from applications of geometry to astronomical studies. The Greeks focused on the calculation of chords, while mathematicians in India created the earliest-known tables of values for trigonometric ratios (also called trigonometric functions) such as sine.Throughout history, trigonometry has been applied in areas such as geodesy, surveying, celestial mechanics, and navigation.Trigonometry is known for its many identities. These
trigonometric identities are commonly used for rewriting trigonometrical expressions with the aim to simplify an expression, to find a more useful form of an expression, or to solve an equation.

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    B Multiple Rotating Signs on a Fence Gate -- Overlap Question

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    Basic Proportionality Theorem (Thales Theorem)

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    Torque about a pendulum's suspension point

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    B Can you deduce ##\tan(\theta) = \frac {df} {dx}## from this graph?

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    I Equation with two unknowns

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    What Are the Solutions for cos(2x) + cos(x) = 0?

    Homework Statement cos2x + cos x = 0 (0 <= x <= 360) Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution cos2x + cos x = 0 2cos(3x)/2 cos(x)/2 = 0 3x/2 = 90 degrees x = 60 degrees x/2 = 90 x = 180 3x/2 = 270 x = 180 x/2 = 270 x = 540 (not qualified) is there any more possibility (answers) for x?
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    B Solve for x: Trigonometry Equation

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    Draw the graph of arctan((x-1)/(x+1))

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    How Do Trigonometric Functions Change with Shifts of π/2 and 2π?

    Homework Statement Can you please list the formulae of function change while putting (pie/2 - x) and adding or subtracting 2Pie Basicly, I need help on 2 formulae. One is add/subtract Pie/2 and the other is add/subtract 2Pie. Homework Equations sin (pie/2 - x) = sin x cos (pie/2 - x) = - sin...
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    Trignometry Rules/properties/common equations?

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    Trignometry Inequalities in [0, 2pi)?

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