Introduction - Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics which studies about the relationship between the angles and side lengths of the triangles. The “Trigono” word means triangle and the “metry” word means to measure. It has various applications in navigation, astronomy, optics and so on. They say Trigonometry is all about triangles, but in reality it’s about circles . The following will help you visualize the different Trigonometric functions like Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Secant, Cosecant and Cotangent. Visualizing Sine & cosine – In a right angled triangle: Sine of an acute angle is defined as the ratio of length of the opposite side to its hypotenuse. And Cosine of an acute angle is defined as the ratio of length of the adjacent side to its hypotenuse. If the length of the hypotenuse is 1 unit, then the Unit circle formed by the hypotenuse will have - `\color{orange} {\sin\theta = \frac{opposite}{hypoten use}}` `\color{bl...
Introduction - Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics which studies about the relationship between the angles and side lengths of the triangles. The “Trigono” word means triangle and the “metry” word means to measure. It has various applications in navigation, astronomy, optics and so on. They say Trigonometry is all about triangles, but in reality it’s about circles . The following will help you visualize the different Trigonometric functions like Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Secant, Cosecant and Cotangent. Visualizing Sine & cosine – In a right angled triangle: Sine of an acute angle is defined as the ratio of length of the opposite side to its hypotenuse. And Cosine of an acute angle is defined as the ratio of length of the adjacent side to its hypotenuse. If the length of the hypotenuse is 1 unit, then the Unit circle formed by the hypotenuse will have - `\color{orange} {\sin\theta = \frac{opposite}{hypoten use}}` `\color{bl...