Module 4: Foundations of Trigonometry

 

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Lesson 6 Assignment


assessment

Complete the Lesson 6 Assignment that you saved in your course folder at the beginning of the lesson. Show work to support your answers.

 

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Project Connection

 

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Going Beyond

 

Polar Coordinates

 

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If r is negative, the point reflects across the origin.

 

 
A point on the x-axis one third of a unit from the origin has been shown to rotate counterclockwise pi divided by 4 radians. This results in the coordinates of the terminal arm being one third, pi divided by 4. This point is then shown reflected across the origin and results in the coordinates of the terminal arm being negative one-third, pi divided by 4.

Source: Pre-Calculus 12. Whitby, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2011.
Reproduced with permission.


Another way of representing trigonometric functions is to use polar coordinates. In this system the coordinates (r, θ) represent a radius and an angle of rotation. In the first diagram, the radius of the terminal arm is  and the angle is Use the table of values you created in Try This 2 to plot r = sin θ on a polar grid.

 

A point on the x-axis one half a unit from the origin has been shown to rotate counterclockwise pi divided by 6 radians. This results in the coordinates of the terminal arm being one half, pi divided by 6.

 

Use the following polar grid to create your graph of r = sin θ.

 

 

This diagram shows a polar grid with radius increments of 0.5 and angle increments of pi divided by 6.

 

Use Polar Functions Explorer to check your graph.

 

 

This is a play button that opens Polar Functions Explorer.