Module 4: Foundations of Trigonometry

 

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Take out the unit circle you created in Lesson 3: Try This 4. Use the circle to help determine the values of θ that make the expression  true.

  1. How many solutions are there to the equation  on the unit circle?
  2. Determine three coterminal angles for one of the solutions to  Are these angles also solutions to the equation? Explain how you know these angles are solutions.

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Discuss your responses to Try This 1 with a partner or group. Answer the following questions.

  1. How are the coterminal angles related to the original solutions of
  2. How many different solutions are there for the equation  in the real numbers?

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Remember that a solution is a value that makes an equation true.