Trigonometry
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What is the period of the function f(x)=4cos(31x)?
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Answer: 6π
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An angle θ in standard position is rotated counterclockwise by 225∘. The terminal ray of the resulting angle lies in the fourth quadrant along the line y=−x3. If the radian measure of the smallest positive angle θ is written in simplest form as baπ, where a and b are positive integers, what is the value of a+b?
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Answer: 17
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In right triangle PQR, the right angle is at vertex Q. If the side lengths are PQ=15 and QR=8, what is the value of tan(P)?
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Answer: 158
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For an angle θ in the interval 23π<θ<2π, the expression secθ−tanθ is equal to 3. What is the value of cscθ+cotθ?
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Answer: -2
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For an angle θ such that π<θ<23π, the equation cosθ1−sinθ+1−sinθcosθ=−310 is satisfied. What is the value of sinθ?
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Answer: −54
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Match each of the degree measures of angles in standard position on the left with its mathematically equivalent radian measure on the right. Which radian measure corresponds to each degree measure?
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What is the period of the function f(x)=tan(3x)?
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Answer: 3π
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A 10-foot ladder leans against a vertical wall. The base of the ladder is 6 feet away from the bottom of the wall, and the top of the ladder reaches a height of 8 feet up the wall. If θ is the angle formed between the ladder and the ground, what is the value of cos(θ)?
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Answer: 53
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An angle θ lies in the third quadrant, where π<θ<23π. If sinθ−cosθ=−51, what is the value of the expression 125(sin3θ+cos3θ)?
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Answer: -91
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The graph of the function f(x)=acos(b(x−c))+d is shown below for constants a>0, b>0, c∈[0,π], and d. The graph has a local maximum at (3π,5) and the nearest local minimum to its right is at (65π,−1). What is the y-intercept of the graph of f(x)?
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Answer: 21
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In right triangle ABC, the right angle is at vertex B, AB=12, and BC=5. A line segment BD is drawn perpendicular to the hypotenuse AC such that D lies on AC. From point D, a perpendicular line segment DE is drawn to side AB, where E lies on AB. What is the length of segment DE?
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Answer: 169720
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In triangle ABC, the length of side a is 5 centimeters, the length of side b is 8 centimeters, and the measure of angle C is 60∘. What is the length, in centimeters, of side c?
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Answer: 7
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c2=25+64−80(0.5)
c2=89−40
c2=49
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A coordinate grid contains a right triangle, XYZ, with the right angle located at vertex Z. The horizontal leg XZ has a length of 24 units, and the vertical leg YZ has a length of 7 units. What is the value of cos(X)?
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Answer: 2524
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For an angle θ such that 2π<θ<π, if 1−sinθcosθ=−3, what is the value of sinθ−tanθ?
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Answer: 1532
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A straight skateboard ramp has a vertical height of 9 feet and a horizontal length of 12 feet along the ground. The vertical height and horizontal length meet at a right angle. What is the sine of the angle that the ramp makes with the ground?
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Answer: 53
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A point on the unit circle starts at (1,0) and undergoes a counterclockwise rotation of 570∘ about the origin. What is the radian measure of the angle in the interval [0,2π) that corresponds to the point's final position?
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Answer: 67π
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An angle θ in standard position measures −750∘. Let ϕ be the coterminal angle of θ such that 0≤ϕ<2π radians. If ϕ=baπ, where a and b are positive integers with no common factors, what is the value of a+b?
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Answer: 17
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In triangle PQR, the measure of angle P is 30∘, the measure of angle Q is 45∘, and the length of side QR is 10 units. Which of the following expressions represents the length, in units, of side PR?
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Answer: sin(30∘)10sin(45∘)
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For the trigonometric equations on the left, which description on the right correctly matches the graphical features of each equation?
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A surveyor stands at point A on flat ground and measures the angle of elevation to the top of a vertical tower, T, at point C to be 30∘. Another surveyor at point B, which is 100 meters away from A on the same flat ground, measures ∠CAB=40∘ and ∠CBA=65∘. Which of the following expressions represents the height, in meters, of the tower?
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Answer: sin(75∘)100sin(65∘)tan(30∘)