Basic Trigonometry

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Basic Trigonometry

• Using trig functions for determining angles and
  distances

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Soh Cah Toa

• Sinopposite/hypotenuse Sin q Cb/a
• Cos adjacent/hypotenuse Cos q Cc/a
• Tanopposite/adjacent Tan q Cb/c

a
b
q
c
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Calculate the following angles
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Kinematics on a ramp lab

• Galileo determiend that on a ramp
• Acelleration gravity sin(q)

Hypotenuse
opposite
q
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• Determine the angle of q using
• sin qopposite/Hypotenuse
• Use the acceleration of the object at 1 meter for
  the calculation