Mathematics

Understanding the Law of Sines

While trigonometry is used to solve problems involving right angle triangles, it can also be applied to triangles that are not right angle triangles. Assumes you understand basic trigonometric concepts. A tutorial on understanding sine, cosine and tangent can be found here. A tutorial on understanding the trigonometric functions and the unit circle can be […]

Mathematics

Understanding Basic Trigonometric Identities

This tutorial assumes you are familiar with the trigonometric functions and their derivation from the unit circle. A tutorial on the trigonometric functions can be found here. A tutorial on the trigonometric functions and the unit circle can be found here. What is an Identity? An identity (in mathematics) is something that is true (more […]

Mathematics

How to Solve Trigonometric Problems

This tutorial offers advice on how to solve trigonometric problems and provides several problems worked through in detail. It assumes you are familiar with the trigonometric functions sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent. A basic tutorial can be found here. A more advanced tutorial can be found here. If an explanation / walkthrough is […]