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TRIGONOMETRY

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You should be able to

solve geometric problems using properties of:

(a) congruent triangles;

(b) similar figures;

 

 use Pythagoras‟ theorem to solve problems;

 

 determine the trigonometric ratios of acute angles in a right- angled triangle;

 

 

 use trigonometric ratios in the solution of right angled-triangles;

 

Practical geometry and scale drawing, bearing.

 

 use trigonometric ratios to solve problems based on measures in the physical world;

 

Heights and distances; angles of elevation and depression.

 

 use the sine and cosine rules in the solution of problems involving triangles;

 

 

 represent the relative position of two points given the bearing of one point with respect to the other;

 

 

 determine the bearing of one point relative to another point given the position of the points.

 

 

 solve problems involving bearings;

 

 

 solve practical problems involving heights and distances in three dimensional situations

 

 

 

 

 

 

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