► Do u know what is Trigonometry? Ans.Trigonometry: trigonometry(noun),trigonometric(adjective): the first part of the word is from Greektrigon"triangle". The second part oftrigonometryis from Greekmetron"a measure." The Indo-European root is probablyme-"to measure." Trigonometry is literally the measuring (of angles and sides) of triangles. Historically speaking, the triangular approach to trigonometry is ancient, wheres the circular approach now taught in our schools isrelatively recent. So originally trigonometry was understood to define relations between elements of a triangle. In a triangle, there are six basic elements:3 sides and 3 angles. Not any three line segments may serve as the sides of a triangle. They do iffthey satisfy the triangle inequality, or rather three triangle inequalities. Not any three angles may be the angles of a triangle. In Euclidean geometry, the three angles of a triangle add up to a straight angle. These requirements impose limitations on the manner in which the relations between the elements are defined. In modern trigonometry these relations are extended to arbitrary angles. This can be done, for example, by observing the projections of a rotating radius of a circle and a tangent at the end of the radius. If the sides a, b, c of a triangle lie opposite angles α, β, γ thena + b > cisoneof the inequalities that the sides obey, andα + β + γ = 180°is the identity that holds in Euclidean geometry. We also know that, if γ is right, then the Pythagorean theoremholds:a² + b² = c².(Its converse holds too.) Trigonometric relations involve trigonometric functions. There is an awful amountof trigonometric identities. The most basic one is the Pythagorean theoremexpressed in terms of sine and cosine: sin² α + cos² α = 1. Then there are double argument formulas: sin 2α = 2 sin α cos α cos 2α = cos² α - sin² α tan 2α = 2 tan α / (1 - tan² α) cot 2α = (cot² α - 1) / 2cot α. and, more general, sum and difference formulas: sin (α + β) = sin α cos β + cos α sin β cos (α + β) = cos α cos β - sin α sin β sin (α - β) = sin α cos β - cos α sin β cos (α - β) = cos α cos β + sin α sin β. And, of course, no list of trigonometricrelations could be complete unless the Laws of Cosinesand Sinesare mentioned. Trigonometry is a methodologyfor finding some unknown elements of a triangle (or other geometric shapes) provided the data includes a sufficient amount of linear and angular measurements to define a shape uniquely. For example, two sides a and b of a triangle and the angle they include define the triangleuniquely. The third side c can then be found from the Law of Cosineswhile the angles α and β are determined from the Law of Sines. The latter can be used to find the circumradius. The area of the triangle can be found fromS = (ab sin γ)/2and knowing that we can determine the inradius fromS = (a+ b + c)r/2,and so on.
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