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Trig Cheat Sheet: Definition of The Trig Functions

This document provides definitions and properties of trigonometric functions. It defines the trig functions using right triangles and the unit circle. It lists the domain and range of each function, where the domain is the set of angles that can be input and the range is the set of possible outputs. The period of each function is provided, which is the angle that must be added to the input to get the same output.

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Trig Cheat Sheet: Definition of The Trig Functions

This document provides definitions and properties of trigonometric functions. It defines the trig functions using right triangles and the unit circle. It lists the domain and range of each function, where the domain is the set of angles that can be input and the range is the set of possible outputs. The period of each function is provided, which is the angle that must be added to the input to get the same output.

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Trig Cheat Sheet

Definition of the Trig Functions


Right triangle definition
For this definition we assume that
0
2
p
<q < or 0 <q < 90 .
sin opposite
hypotenuse
q = csc hypotenuse
opposite
q =
cos adjacent
hypotenuse
q = sec hypotenuse
adjacent
q =
tan opposite
adjacent
q = cot adjacent
opposite
q =
Unit circle definition
For this definition q is any angle.
sin
1
q = y = y csc 1
y
q =
cos
1
q = x = x sec 1
x
q =
tan y
x
q = cot x
y
q =
Facts and Properties
Domain
The domain is all the values of q that
can be plugged into the function.
sinq , q can be any angle
cosq , q can be any angle
tanq ,
1 , 0, 1, 2,
2
q n + p n =

K
cscq , q np , n = 0,1, 2,K
secq ,
1 , 0, 1, 2,
2
q n + p n =

K
cotq , q np , n = 0,1, 2,K
Range
The range is all possible values to get
out of the function.
-1 sinq 1 cscq 1 and cscq -1
-1 cosq 1 secq 1 andsecq -1
- < tanq < - < cotq <
Period
The period of a function is the number,
T, such that f (q +T ) = f (q ) . So, if w
is a fixed number and q is any angle we
have the following periods.
sin (wq ) T 2p
w
=
cos (wq ) T 2p
w
=
tan (wq ) T p
w
=
csc(wq ) T 2p
w
=
sec(wq ) T 2p
w
=
cot (wq ) T p
w
=
q
adjacent
opposite
hypotenuse
x
y
( x, y)
q
x
y
1

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