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Trigonometric Values of
Special Angles, Solving
Right Triangles, Angle of
Elevation and Depression,
Bearing
Recall:
60°
45°
2 2
1 1
45° 30°
1 3
Trigonometric Values of Special
Angles
cos θ 3 1
2 1
2 2 2 2
tan θ 1
3
1.00 3
3 3
Trigonometric Values of Special
Angles
Summary
Using Calculators to Evaluate
Trigonometric Function Values
1. Find a, b and θ.
2. Find a, b, and α.
Example
3. Find a, α and β.
Applications
α
Horizontal eye
level
Angle of Depression
If the object is below the level of the observer, then the angle between
the horizontal and the observer's line of sight is called the angle of
depression
Horizontal eye level
α
Example
First method:
N N N
α
α
α
Second method:
N N
α
α
α