NAMES

MMADINARE SENIOR SCHOOL

APPLICATIONS OF
TRIGONOMETRY

PURPOSE OF STUDY
Definition and History of Trigonometry
Applications of Trigonometry in real life
situations.
Current Challenges that can be solved
by trigonometry.
Common problems that may arise when
trigonometry is not applied.
Recommendations on the applications of
trigonometry.

Introduction : What is Trigonometry?

Trigonometry is a methodology for finding some unknown elements
of a triangle 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 triangle uniquely. The third side c can then be
found from the Law of Cosines while the angles and are
determined from the Law of Sines.
Trigonometry is derived from Greek words trignon, meaning
"triangle" and metron, meaning "measure.

 The Babylonian astronomers (1900

BC) kept detailed records on the rising
and setting of stars, the motion of the
planets, and the solar and lunar
eclipses, all of which required
familiarity with angular distances
measured on the celestial sphere.
Some have even asserted that the
ancient Babylonians had a table of
secants.
The Egyptians used a primitive form of
trigonometry for building pyramids in
the 2nd millennium BC.

 The next significant developments of

trigonometry were in India. Influential works
from the 4th5th century, known as the
Siddhantas first defined the sine as the
modern relationship between half an angle
and half a chord, while also defining the
cosine, versine, and inverse sine.
Soon
afterwards,
another
Indian
mathematician and astronomer, Aryabhata ,
collected and expanded upon the
developments in his work, Aryabhatiya.
The Siddhantas and the Aryabhatiya contain
the earliest surviving tables of sine values
and versine (1 cosine) values.

 The next significant developments of trigonometry

were in India. Influential works from the 4th5th
century, known as the Siddhantas first defined
the sine as the modern relationship between half
an angle and half a chord, while also defining the
cosine, versine, and inverse sine.
Soon afterwards, another Indian mathematician
and astronomer, Aryabhata , collected and
expanded upon the developments in his work,
Aryabhatiya.
The Siddhantas and the Aryabhatiya contain the
earliest surviving tables of sine values and
versine (1 cosine) values.

Applications of Trigonometry

Line of sight
Architecture
Electronics
Land surveying
Mechanical
Engineering
Civil engineering
Optics
Physical sciences

Oceanography
Seismology
Pharmacology
Aviation
Pharmacology
Probability theory
Statistics
Electrical
Engineering

Astronomy
For instance, the technique
of triangulation is used in
astronomy to measure the
distance to nearby stars.

Architecture

Medicine

Geography
in geography to measure
distances between
landmarks

Mechanical engineering

Physics