After completing this section, students should be able to do the following.
- Use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the side length of a right triangle when given the other two side lengths.
- State the definition of in the context of a right triangle.
- Calculate and using a right triangle with angle .
- State the definition of a radian.
- Convert between degrees and radians.
- Use similar triangles to explain why it does not matter which specific right triangle is used to calculate the value of a trigonometric function.
- Explain how the points of the unit circle correspond to values of by using right triangles with a radius of one.
- State the definition of in the context of the unit circle.
- Evaluate the six trigonometric functions at common angles using the unit circle.
- State the three Pythagorean Identities and their domains.
- Derive the first Pythagorean Identity using a right triangle, the unit circle, and the Pythagorean Theorem.
- Identify the domains of inverse trigonometric functions.
- Use inverse trigonometric functions to solve simple trigonometric equations.