Friday, February 17, 2012

Trigonometric points !

So to know all the trignometric points in a circle,
we need help from the BIG SEVENTEEN!

<--- here it is :)

Now lets begin with the simplest points, 90° !

Since we know, all the radii are the same, x will only go as far as 1! same rules apply to y :)



So let's start with 45 ° !

1.Start by drawing out a triangle that connects the origin + point on the circumfrance of the cirlce + a vertical line that drops from the previous point.
2.Next, we can say that both angles besides the right angle which is 90° , are both 45°(180-90-45 = 45° )
3.Since both angles are equivalent, this must be an isosceles triangle ! OMG!
4.
From this new information, we can say that both sides must be equal right?!
5.Also*
the hypotenus must be 1, since all radii equal one in the unit circle!




Then using PYTHAGORAS THEOREM, we find X AND Y :D!!


So continue this whole first quadtrant!


PS. If you know all the points for the first quad, you know everything else as the all the points in the second quad are the same, just X becomes negative!



VOiLA! The second quad!





Here is the final product!




So if you notice, all the points have pretty much the same numbers, just rearranged differently, and are sometimes negative or positive!


Goodluck memorizing this ! :)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Logs!

Well this was what we did last week, but better late then never!

During the several voicethreads we had to listen to i learned how to:

Find the inverse of a log function
Actually find the rule of a log function.. which to be honest i thought was going to be difficult!
uh, finding zeros and intercepts and the H ( the asymptote )
Oh, and using log functions in word problems, although I'm still rusting when doing word problems ahaha.


So, as of thursday I am waiting impatiently for my LES results! Hope i didnt fail aaah :S


Enjoy this rage comic aha