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Honors Trigonometry

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Algebraic Prerequisites

  • Using the Cartesian System
  • Thinking Visually
  • Finding the Distance between Two Points
  • Finding the Second Endpoint of a Segment
  • Collinearity and Distance
  • Triangles
  • Finding the Center-Radius Form of the Equation of a Circle
  • Finding the Center and Radius of a Circle
  • Decoding the Circle Formula
  • Solving Word Problems Involving Circles
  • Graphing Equations by Locating Points
  • Finding the x- and y-Intercepts of an Equation
  • Functions and the Vertical Line Test
  • Identifying Functions
  • Function Notation and Finding Function Values
  • Determining Intervals Over Which a Function Is Increasing
  • Evaluating Piecewise-Defined Functions for Given Values
  • Solving Word Problems Involving Functions
  • Finding the Domain and Range of a Function
  • Domain and Range: One Explicit Example
  • Satisfying the Domain of a Function
  • An Introduction to Slope
  • Finding the Slope of a Line Given Two Points
  • Interpreting Slope from a Graph
  • Graphing a Line Using Point and Slope
  • Writing an Equation in Slope-Intercept Form
  • Writing an Equation Given Two Points
  • Writing an Equation in Point-Slope Form
  • Matching a Slope-Intercept Equation with Its Graph
  • Slope for Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
  • Graphing Some Important Functions
  • Graphing Piecewise-Defined Functions
  • Matching Equations with Their Graphs
  • Shifting Curves along Axes
  • Shifting or Translating Curves along Axes
  • Stretching a Graph
  • Graphing Quadratics Using Patterns
  • Determining Symmetry
  • Reflections
  • Reflecting Specific Functions
  • Deconstructing the Graph of a Quadratic Function
  • Nice-Looking Parabolas
  • Using Discriminants to Graph Parabolas
  • Maximum Height in the Real World
  • Finding the Vertex by Completing the Square
  • Using the Vertex to Write the Quadratic Equation
  • Finding the Maximum or Minimum of a Quadratic
  • Graphing Parabolas
  • Using Operations on Functions
  • Composite Functions
  • Components of Composite Functions
  • Finding Functions That Form a Given Composite
  • Finding the Difference Quotient of a Function
  • Understanding Rational Functions
  • Basic Rational Functions
  • Vertical Asymptotes
  • Horizontal Asymptotes
  • Graphing Rational Functions
  • Examples with Quadratics
  • Understanding Inverse Functions
  • The Horizontal Line Test
  • Are Two Functions Inverses of Each Other?
  • Graphing the Inverse
  • Finding the Inverse of a Function
  • Finding the Inverse of a Function with Higher Powers
The Trigonometric Functions
  • Angles and Radian Measure
  • Finding the Quadrant in Which an Angle Lies
  • Finding Coterminal Angles
  • Finding the Complement and Supplement of an Angle
  • Converting between Degrees and Radians
  • Using the Arc Length Formula
  • Right Angle Trigonometry
  • An Introduction to the Trigonometric Functions
  • Evaluating Trigonometric Functions for an Angle in a Right Triangle
  • Finding an Angle Given the Value of a Trigonometric Function
  • Using Trigonometric Functions to Find Unknown Sides of Right Triangles
  • Finding the Height of a Building
  • The Trigonometric Functions
  • Evaluating Trigonometric Functions for an Angle in the Coordinate Plane
  • Evaluating Trigonometric Functions Using the Reference Angle
  • Finding the Value of Trigonometric Functions Given Information about the Values of Other Trigonometric Functions
  • Trigonometric Functions of Important Angles
  • An Introduction to the Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions
  • Graphing Sine or Cosine Functions with Different Coefficients
  • Finding Maximum and Minimum Values and Zeros of Sine and Cosine
  • Solving Word Problems Involving Sine or Cosine Functions
  • Graphing Sine and Cosine Functions with Phase Shifts
  • Fancy Graphing: Changes in Period, Amplitude, Vertical Shift, and Phase Shift
  • Graphing the Tangent, Secant, Cosecant, and Cotangent Functions
  • Fancy Graphing: Tangent, Secant, Cosecant, and Cotangent
  • Identifying a Trigonometric Function from its Graph
  • An Introduction to Inverse Trigonometric Functions
  • Evaluating Inverse Trigonometric Functions
  • Solving an Equation Involving an Inverse Trigonometric Function
  • Evaluating the Composition of a Trigonometric Function and Its Inverse
  • Applying Trigonometric Functions: Is He Speeding?
Trigonometric Identities
  • Basic Trigonometric Identities
  • Fundamental Trigonometric Identities
  • Finding All Function Values
  • Simplifying a Trigonometric Expression Using Trigonometric Identities
  • Simplifying Trigonometric Expressions Involving Fractions
  • Simplifying Products of Binomials Involving Trigonometric Functions
  • Factoring Trigonometric Expressions
  • Determining Whether a Trigonometric Function Is Odd, Even, or Neither
  • Proving an Identity
  • Proving an Identity: Other Examples
  • Solving Trigonometric Equations
  • Solving Trigonometric Equations by Factoring
  • Solving Trigonometric Equations with Coefficients in the Argument
  • Solving Trigonometric Equations Using the Quadratic Formula
  • Solving Word Problems Involving Trigonometric Equations
  • Identities for Sums and Differences of Angles
  • Using Sum and Difference Identities
  • Using Sum and Difference Identities to Simplify an Expression
  • Double-Angle Identities
  • familyirming a Double-Angle Identity
  • Using Double-Angle Identities
  • Solving Word Problems Involving Multiple-Angle Identities
  • Other Advanced Identities
  • Using a Cofunction Identity
  • Using a Power-Reducing Identity
  • Using Half-Angle Identities to Solve a Trigonometric Equation
Applications
  • The Law of Sines
  • Solving a Triangle Given Two Sides and One Angle
  • Solving a Triangle (SAS): Another Example
  • The Law of Sines: An Application
  • The Law of Cosines
  • The Law of Cosines (SSS)
  • The Law of Cosines (SAS): An Application
  • Heron's Formula
  • An Introduction to Vectors
  • Finding the Magnitude and Direction of a Vector
  • Vector Addition and Scalar Multiplication
  • Finding the Components of a Vector
  • Finding a Unit Vector
  • Solving Word Problems Involving Velocity or Forces
Complex Numbers and Polar Coordinates
  • Introducing and Writing Complex Numbers
  • Rewriting Powers of i
  • Adding and Subtracting Complex Numbers
  • Multiplying Complex Numbers
  • Dividing Complex Numbers
  • Complex Numbers in Trigonometric Form
  • Graphing a Complex Number and Finding Its Absolute Value
  • Expressing a Complex Number in Trigonometric or Polar Form
  • Multiplying and Dividing Complex Numbers in Trigonometric or Polar Form
  • Powers and Roots of Complex Numbers

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