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5.1 Fundamental Identities Goal: Use the fundamental identities to simplify trigonometric expressions.
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide What you’ll learn about Identities Basic Trigonometric Identities Pythagorean Identities Cofunction Identities Odd-Even Identities Simplifying Trigonometric Expressions Solving Trigonometric Equations … and why Identities are important when working with trigonometric functions in calculus.
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Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Basic Trigonometric Identities
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Pythagorean Identities
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Cofunction Identities
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Even-Odd Identities
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Simplification Ideas Rewrite tan, cot, sec, and csc in terms of sin and cos. Expand Products Example: (1 + sin x)(1 – sin x) = 1 – sin x + sin x – sin 2 x Factor Example: sinxcosx – sinx = sinx(cosx – 1) Take Square Roots Combining Fractions
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Simplify by Rewriting
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Simplify by Expanding Products
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Simplifying by Factoring
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Simplify by Taking Square Roots
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Simplify by Combining Fractions
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Slide Example Simplifying by Expanding and Using Identities
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. 5.1 Day 2 Fundamental Identities Goal: Solve trigonometric equations.
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Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Example 1: Using the Pythagorean Identity Slide
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Example 2a: Solving Trigonometric Equations by Factoring Slide
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Example 2b: Solving Trigonometric Equations by Factoring Slide
Copyright © 2011 Pearson, Inc. Example 2c: Solving Trigonometric Equations by Factoring Slide