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9-12 Algebra 2 Unit 7 Lesson 9

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Lesson 9

9.1 Warm-up 9.2 Activity 9.3 Activity Student Lesson Summary

Unit 7, Lesson 9

Introduction to Trigonometric Functions

Algebra 2

9.1

Warm-up

An Angle and a Circle

Suppose there is a point at on the unit circle.

<p>A circle with center at the origin of an x y plane. Point P lies on the outside of the circle, on the x axis, to the right of the origin.</p>

Describe how the -coordinate of changes as it rotates once counterclockwise around the circle.
Describe how the -coordinate of changes as it rotates once counterclockwise around the circle.

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9.2

Activity

Do the Wave

For each tick mark on the horizontal axis, plot the value of , where is the measure of an angle in radians. Use the class display of the unit circle, the unit circle from an earlier lesson, or technology to estimate the value of .

A blank graph. Horizontal axis, theta, 0 to 2 pi, by pi over 12. Vertical axis, y, negative 1 to 1. There are 3 tick marks between negative 1 and 0 on the vertical axis. There are 3 tick marks between 0 and 1 on the vertical axis.
For each tick mark on the horizontal axis, plot the value of . Use the class display of the unit circle, the unit circle from an earlier lesson, or technology to estimate the value of .

A blank graph. Horizontal axis, theta, 0 to 2 pi, by pi over 12. Vertical axis, y, negative 1 to 1. There are 3 tick marks between negative 1 and 0 on the vertical axis. There are 3 tick marks between 0 and 1 on the vertical axis.
What do you notice about the two graphs?
Explain why any angle measure between 0 and gives a point on each graph.
Could these graphs represent functions? Explain your reasoning.

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9.3

Activity

Graphs of Cosine and Sine

Looking at the graphs of and , at what values of do ? To where on the unit circle do these points correspond?
For each of these equations, first predict what the graph looks like, and then check your prediction using technology.

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Student Lesson Summary

Using the unit circle, we can make sense of and for any angle measure between 0 and radians. For an angle , starting at the positive -axis, there is a point, , where the terminal ray of the angle intersects the unit circle. The coordinates of that point are .

<p>A circle with center, point B, at the origin of an x y plane.</p>

But what if we wanted to think about just the horizontal position of point as goes from 0 to ? The horizontal location is defined by the -coordinate, which is . If we graph , we get:

<p>Cosine graph. </p>

This graph is 1 when is 0 because the -coordinate of the point at 0 radians on the unit circle is . The graph then decreases to -1 (the smallest -value on the unit circle) before increasing back to 1.

We can do the same for the -coordinate of a point on the unit circle by graphing :

<p>Graph. </p>

This graph is 0 when is 0, increases to 1 (the greatest -value on the unit circle), then decreases to -1 before returning to 0.

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