Master Math: Trigonometry: Trigonometry
Get ready to master the principles and operations of calculus! Master Math: Calculus is a comprehensive reference guide that explains and clarifies the principles of calculus in a simple, easy-to-follow style and format. Beginning with the most basic fundamental topics and progressing through to the more advanced, the book helps clarify calculus using step-by-step procedures and solutions, along with examples and applications. A complete table of contents and a comprehensive index enable you to quickly find specific topics, and the approachable style and format facilitate an understanding of what can be intimidating and tricky skills. Perfect for both students who need some extra help or rusty professionals who want to brush up, Master Math: Calculus will help you master everything from series and approximations to partial derivatives.
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Master Math: Trigonometry: Trigonometry
Get ready to master the principles and operations of calculus! Master Math: Calculus is a comprehensive reference guide that explains and clarifies the principles of calculus in a simple, easy-to-follow style and format. Beginning with the most basic fundamental topics and progressing through to the more advanced, the book helps clarify calculus using step-by-step procedures and solutions, along with examples and applications. A complete table of contents and a comprehensive index enable you to quickly find specific topics, and the approachable style and format facilitate an understanding of what can be intimidating and tricky skills. Perfect for both students who need some extra help or rusty professionals who want to brush up, Master Math: Calculus will help you master everything from series and approximations to partial derivatives.
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Master Math: Trigonometry: Trigonometry

Master Math: Trigonometry: Trigonometry

by Debra Anne Ross
Master Math: Trigonometry: Trigonometry

Master Math: Trigonometry: Trigonometry

by Debra Anne Ross

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Get ready to master the principles and operations of calculus! Master Math: Calculus is a comprehensive reference guide that explains and clarifies the principles of calculus in a simple, easy-to-follow style and format. Beginning with the most basic fundamental topics and progressing through to the more advanced, the book helps clarify calculus using step-by-step procedures and solutions, along with examples and applications. A complete table of contents and a comprehensive index enable you to quickly find specific topics, and the approachable style and format facilitate an understanding of what can be intimidating and tricky skills. Perfect for both students who need some extra help or rusty professionals who want to brush up, Master Math: Calculus will help you master everything from series and approximations to partial derivatives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781435455184
Publisher: Course Technology PTR
Publication date: 01/05/2009
Series: Master Math
Sold by: CENGAGE LEARNING
Format: eBook
Pages: 432
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Debra Anne Ross has a double BA in Chemistry and Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and and MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. Debra's career encompasses biology, chemistry, biochemistry, engineering, biosensors, pharmaceutical drug discovery, and intellectual property. She is the author of the popular Master Math books, The 3:00 PM Secret: Live Slim and Strong Live Your Dreams, The 3:00 PM Secret: Ten Day Dream Diet (2009), and Arrows Through Time: A Time Travel Tale of Adventure, Courage, and Faith (2009).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Review of Numbers and Coordinate Systems 3

1.1 Review of Numbers, Including Natural, Whole, Integers, Zero, Rational, Irrational, Real, Complex, and Imaginary Numbers 3

1.2 Absolute Value 7

1.3 Significant Digits and Rounding Numbers and Decimals 7

1.4 Review of Coordinate Systems, Including Two- and Three-Dimensional Rectangular Coordinates, Polar Coordinates, Cylindrical Coordinates, and Spherical Coordinates 9

1.5 Chapter 1 Summary and Highlights 14

Chapter 2 Review of Geometry 17

2.1 Introduction 17

2.2 Lines and Angles 19

2.3 Triangles 23

2.4 Polygons and Quadrilaterals 28

2.5 Conic Sections, Including Circles, Arcs and Angles, Ellipses, Parabolas, and Hyperbolas 31

2.6 Three-Dimensional Objects, Including Cubes, Rectangular Solids, Cylinders, Spheres, Cones, and Pyramids 45

2.7 Chapter 2 Summary and Highlights 48

Chapter 3 Triangles and Trigonometric Functions 49

3.1 Right Triangles and the Trigonometric Functions 49

3.2 Solving Right Triangles 54

3.3 Examples and Applications of Right Triangles 55

3.4 Oblique Triangles and the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines 62

3.5 Solving Oblique Triangles 67

3.6 Examples and Applications of Oblique Triangles 72

3.7 Finding the Area of a Triangle 77

3.8 Chapter 3 Summary and Highlights 87

Chapter 4 Trigonometric Functions in a Coordinate System and Circular Functions 91

4.1 Review of Functions and Their Properties 92

4.2 Types of Functions, Including Composite, Inverse, Linear, Nonlinear, Even, Odd, Exponential, Logarithmic, Identity, Absolute Value, Squaring, Cubing, Square Root, Cube Root, Reciprocal, and Functions with More Than One Variable 94

4.3 CoordinateSystems, Radians, Degrees, and Arc Length 103

4.4 Angles in Standard Position and Coterminal Angles 107

4.5 The Trigonometric Functions Defined in a Coordinate System in Standard Position, Quadrant Signs, and Quadrantal Angles 108

4.6 Reference Angles and Reference Triangles 112

4.7 Negative Angles 118

4.8 Reciprocal Functions and Cofunction Relationships 119

4.9 Circular Functions and the Unit Circle 120

4.10 Linear and Angular Velocity 125

4.11 Chapter 4 Summary and Highlights 128

Chapter 5 Graphs of Trigonometric and Circular Functions and Their Periodic Nature 131

5.1 Circular Motion 131

5.2 Graphs of Sine and Cosine 137

5.3 Transforming Graphs of Sine and Cosine Through Changes in Amplitude, Period, and Vertical and Horizontal Shifting 144

5.4 Applications of Sinusoids 157

5.5 Graphs of Secant and Cosecant 164

5.6 Graphs of Tangent and Cotangent 169

5.7 Chapter 5 Summary and Highlights 173

Chapter 6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions 177

6.1 Review of General Inverse Functions 177

6.2 Inverse Trigonometric Functions 183

6.3 Inverse Sine and Inverse Cosine 188

6.4 Inverse Tangent 197

6.5 Inverse Cotangent, Inverse Secant, and Inverse Cosecant 204

6.6 Chapter 6 Summary and Highlights 214

Chapter 7 Trigonometric Identities 217

7.1 Summary of Identities 217

7.2 Quotient Identities and Reciprocal Identities 220

7.3 Pythagorean Identities 220

7.4 Negative Number/Angle Identities 222

7.5 Verifying Trigonometric Identities 225

7.6 Sum and Difference of Angles/Numbers Identities, Also Called Addition and Subtraction Identities 228

7.7 Cofunction Identities 234

7.8 Supplementary Angle Relations 237

7.9 Double-Angle/Number Identities 238

7.10 Half-Angle Identities 243

7.11 Product-To-Sum Identities 246

7.12 Sum/Difference-To-Product Identities 248

7.13 Squared Formulas 252

7.14 Chapter 7 Summary and Highlights 253

Chapter 8 Trigonometric Functions in Equations and Inequalities 257

8.1 Review of Solving Algebraic Equations 257

8.2 Review of Solving Algebraic Quadratic Equations 262

8.3 Review of Solving Algebraic Inequalities 269

8.4 Solving Algebraic Equations and Inequalities Using Graphing 270

8.5 Introduction to Solving Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities 273

8.6 Solving Simple Trigonometric Equations Using Standard Position Angles, Reference Triangles, and Identities 274

8.7 Solving Trigonometric Equations Involving Powers Using Factoring, a Unit Circle, and Identities 276

8.8 Solving Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities Using the Quadratic Formula, Identities, Unit Circles, Factoring, and Graphing 281

8.9 Estimating Solutions to Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities Using Graphing 287

8.10 Chapter 8 Summary and Highlights 290

Chapter 9 Trigonometric Functions and Vectors 293

9.1 Definitions of Vectors 293

9.2 Representing Vectors in Terms of Their Components in a Coordinate System 295

9.3 Representing Vectors in Terms of Their Components in a Coordinate System Using the Unit Vectors i, j, and k 298

9.4 Addition and Subtraction of Vectors 300

9.5 Simple Vector Problems 304

9.6 Multiplying a Vector with a Scalar 309

9.7 Dot or Scalar Products 310

9.8 Vector or Cross Product 314

9.9 Chapter 9 Summary and Highlights 318

Chapter 10 Trigonometric Functions in Polar Coordinates and Equations, and Parametric Equations 321

10.1 Polar Coordinates Defined 321

10.2 Converting Between Rectangular and Polar Coordinate Systems and Equations 325

10.3 Graphing Polar Equations 332

10.4 Parametric Equations 342

10.5 Chapter 10 Summary and Highlights 353

Chapter 11 Complex Numbers and the Complex Plane 355

11.1 Complex Numbers Defined 355

11.2 The Complex Plane in Rectangular Form 358

11.3 Addition and Subtraction of Complex Numbers in Rectangular Form 359

11.4 Complex Numbers in Polar Form and the Complex Plane 360

11.5 Converting Between Rectangular and Polar Form 362

11.6 Multiplication and Division of Complex Numbers in Rectangular and Polar Forms 364

11.7 Powers and Roots of Complex Numbers 372

11.8 Chapter 11 Summary and Highlights 378

Chapter 12 Relationships Between Trigonometric Functions, Exponential Functions, Hyperbolic Functions, and Series Expansions 381

12.1 Relationships Between Trigonometric and Exponential Functions 381

12.2 Background: Summary of Sequences, Progressions, and Series, and Expanding a Function into a Series 383

12.3 Hyperbolic Functions 389

12.4 Chapter 12 Summary and Highlights 393

Chapter 13 Spherical Trigonometry 395

13.1 Definitions and Properties 395

13.2 Measuring Spherical Triangles 399

13.3 The Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines for Spherical Triangles for Calculating Sides and Angles 400

13.4 Celestial Sphere 405

13.5 Chapter 13 Summary and Highlights 407

Index 409

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