Essential Trigonometry Formulas for WBCS / SSC
1. Basic Trig Identities:
- sin^2 x + cos^2 x = 1
- 1 + tan^2 x = sec^2 x
- 1 + cot^2 x = csc^2 x
2. Reciprocal Identities:
- sin x = 1/csc x, cos x = 1/sec x
- tan x = 1/cot x, cot x = 1/tan x
3. Quotient Identities:
- tan x = sin x / cos x
- cot x = cos x / sin x
4. Complementary Angle Formulas:
- sin(90 - x) = cos x
- cos(90 - x) = sin x
- tan(90 - x) = cot x
- csc(90 - x) = sec x
- cot(90 - x) = tan x
5. Trig Values (x = 0, 30, 45, 60, 90):
- sin x: 0, 1/2, 1/sqrt(2), sqrt(3)/2, 1
- cos x: 1, sqrt(3)/2, 1/sqrt(2), 1/2, 0
- tan x: 0, 1/sqrt(3), 1, sqrt(3), undefined
6. Square Identities:
- sin^4 x + cos^4 x = 1 - 2 sin^2 x cos^2 x
- sin^2 x - cos^2 x = cos(2x)
7. Product to Sum Formulas:
- 2 sin A cos A = sin(2A)
- 2 sin^2 A = 1 - cos(2A)
- 2 cos^2 A = 1 + cos(2A)
8. Mixed Identities:
- (sin x + cos x)^2 = 1 + 2 sin x cos x
- (sin x - cos x)^2 = 1 - 2 sin x cos x