Finding Exact Values of Trig Functions

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How to find the exact value of any trig function:

Determine which quadrant the angle is in (sketch the angle if needed)

If it's a quadrantal angle (0, pi/2, pi...), you can easily evaluate it by just drawing a point and plugging in the for the definition of the trig function. (Ex: sin(pi/2) = 1, since at pi/2 x=0, y=1, and r=1)

If it's in the first quadrant, you can easily evaluate it by the table you have memorized.

If it's not in the first quadrant, then find the reference angle. Remember that you can add or subtract any multiple of 2pi to the angle and the value of the trig function at that angle will still be the same. Once you find the reference angle, you can evaluate the function at that angle and then determine if it is positive or negative based on which quadrant the original angle is in.

That's it! Hope this helps!

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Possibly the very first frat boy to ever become a math teacher

matthamill
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I swear you helped me more in 10 minutes than my teacher in 3 hours!

alansouza-kenzie
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Sir,
I'm from India.This video helped me a lot in understanding this trigonometric topic.
I really appreciate your teaching skill..

devanshu_r
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This video is well done. I am a Trigonometry teacher and I need to miss class today. I left this video for my students to watch, so we do not fall behind. Thank you!

michellemoloney
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I got a B on this exam. Thank you Pink Floyd shirt man

IDCpro
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This video helped me a TON!! I never connected the dots with reference angles before. Thank you!

darie
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I have a question about two of the examples. For 15pi/4 and 8pi/3, when you said subtract 2pi how did you get to such a simplified version?

alanamitchell
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thanks man, been tryna learn this for the past year and i never understood it until i came across this vid

manask
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Man, this stuff really had me stuck and you just made it click for me. Thanks!

thedadoftown
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Would have liked to see some examples with degree measures.

jenifermcgonigal
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Thank you sir I m from DRC but I live in south Africa you helped me in way I can't explain

rousseldemabross
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Most helpful video on this subject, thank you!

timefertacos
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At 10:15 I got confused. 1/1/2 is = 1/2, not 2 because you multiply the bottom two with each other right? Is there a rule that I don't understand?

Adam-cnib
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OMG this actually makes sl much sense!

ryeambutal
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Excuse me, how do you graph the negative functions so easily? I get confused when I try doing that.

paulalaurent
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not sure if explained very clearly or if tattooed math guy caught my attention, but thanks for the help on this one.

mesquitesmoked
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How did u figure out the quadrants I’m confused

phantomjay
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Why can’t my professor be like you smh

therealunivous
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This helped a lot but why didn’t you do degrees too?

andreahudson
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You're writing the number 4 wrong

hiimnoob