Tangents – trigonometry – math
Tangents: This line is tangent to a circle. What is a tangent? A tangent, like a sine or a cosine, is a mathematical way of thinking about a kind of movement that happens [...]
Tangents: This line is tangent to a circle. What is a tangent? A tangent, like a sine or a cosine, is a mathematical way of thinking about a kind of movement that happens [...]
Sine wave In order to save energy, many, many things in nature move in a kind of repeated pattern we call a sine wave: water waves, sound waves, light waves, [...]
Right triangle and cosine What is a cosine? A cosine, like a sine, is a mathematical way of thinking about a kind of movement that happens in nature. A cosine is [...]
This is an equilateral triangle. A triangle is any set of three points on a plane and the lines connecting those points to each other, as long as the three points aren't all on the [...]
This is a right triangle, because one of the angles is a right angle. A right triangle is any triangle where one of the angles is exactly 90 degrees, or a right angle. You [...]
This is a rhombus, divided so you can figure out the area. A rhombus is a kind of quadrilateral that has two sides that are parallel to each other, and another two sides that [...]
This is a rectangle. A rectangle is a flat shape, in one plane. It's defined by four points at the four corners. A rectangle has two sides of equal length opposite each other, [...]
This is an isosceles triangle. Definition of an isosceles triangle Isosceles triangles have at least two sides that are exactly the same length. This forces two of their angles to also be acute angles of exactly [...]
Area of a triangle To figure out the area of a triangle, multiply the base by the height of the triangle, and then divide by two: (Base x Height)/2. That's because the height [...]
Two lines cross and form four angles Where any two lines cross each other, they form four angles. These angles are parts of a circle (as you can see from the green circle segments), [...]