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θ = y = y csc 1 
θ = x = x sec 1 
θ = cot x 
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Trig Cheat Sheet 
Definition of the Trig Functions 
Right triangle definition 
For this definition we assume that 
π 
0 
<θ < or 0° <θ < 90° . 
2 
sin opposite 
θ = csc hypotenuse 
hypotenuse 
opposite 
θ = 
cos adjacent 
θ = sec hypotenuse 
hypotenuse 
adjacent 
θ = 
tan opposite 
θ = cot adjacent 
adjacent 
opposite 
θ = 
Unit circle definition 
For this definition θ is any angle. 
sin 
1 
y 
θ = 
cos 
1 
x 
θ = 
tan y 
x 
y 
θ = 
Facts and Properties 
Domain 
The domain is all the values of θ that 
can be plugged into the function. 
sinθ , θ can be any angle 
cosθ , θ can be any angle 
tanθ , 
1 , 0, 1, 2, 
2 
θ ≠ ⎛⎜ n + ⎞⎟π n = ± ± 
⎝ ⎠ 
… 
cscθ , θ ≠ nπ , n = 0,±1, ± 2,… 
secθ , 
1 , 0, 1, 2, 
2 
θ ≠ ⎛⎜ n + ⎞⎟π n = ± ± 
⎝ ⎠ 
… 
cotθ , θ ≠ nπ , n = 0,±1, ± 2,… 
Range 
The range is all possible values to get 
out of the function. 
−1≤ sinθ ≤1 cscθ ≥1 and cscθ ≤ −1 
−1≤ cosθ ≤1 secθ ≥1 and secθ ≤ −1 
−∞ ≤ tanθ ≤ ∞ −∞ ≤ cotθ ≤ ∞ 
Period 
The period of a function is the number, 
T, such that f (θ +T ) = f (θ ) . So, if ω 
is a fixed number and θ is any angle we 
have the following periods. 
sin (ωθ ) → T 2π 
ω 
= 
cos (ωθ ) → T 2 
π 
ω 
= 
tan (ωθ ) → T 
π 
ω 
= 
csc(ωθ ) → T 2π 
ω 
= 
sec(ωθ ) → T 2 
π 
ω 
= 
cot (ωθ ) → T 
π 
ω 
= 
θ 
adjacent 
opposite 
hypotenuse 
x 
y 
(x, y) 
θ 
x 
y 
1 
θ θ 
θ θ 
± α = β α ± 
β α β 
α ± = 
β α β β 
α α β 
sin sin 1 cos cos 
α β α β α β 
= ⎡⎣ − − + ⎤⎦ 
= ⎡⎣ − + + ⎤⎦ 
= ⎣⎡ + + − ⎦⎤ 
= ⎡⎣ + − − ⎤⎦ 
α β α β α β 
α β α β α β 
α β α β α β 
⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ + = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 
α β α β 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ − = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ + = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ − =− ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 
π π 
⎛ − ⎞ = ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ − ⎞ = ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ − ⎞ = ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
θ θ θ θ 
π π 
θ θ θ θ 
π π 
θ θ θ θ 
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Formulas and Identities 
Tangent and Cotangent Identities 
tan sin cot cos 
sin 1 1 cos 2 
θ θ 
= θ = 
θ 
cos sin 
θ θ 
Reciprocal Identities 
csc 1 sin 1 
= θ = 
θ 
sin csc 
θ θ 
sec = 1 cos = 
1 
θ θ 
cos sec 
θ θ 
cot = 1 tan = 
1 
θ θ 
tan cot 
θ θ 
Pythagorean Identities 
2 2 
sin cos 1 
tan 1 sec 
1 cot csc 
+ θ = 
θ 
+ = 
θ θ 
2 2 
2 2 
+ = 
θ θ 
Even/Odd Formulas 
( ) ( ) 
( ) ( ) 
( ) ( ) 
sin − = − sin csc − = − 
csc 
cos − = cos sec − = 
sec 
tan − = − tan cot − = − 
cot 
θ θ θ θ 
θ θ θ θ 
θ θ θ θ 
Periodic Formulas 
If n is an integer. 
( n ) ( n 
) 
( n ) ( n 
) 
( n ) ( n 
) 
sin 2 sin csc 2 csc 
cos 2 cos sec 2 sec 
tan tan cot cot 
θ π θ θ π θ 
θ π θ θ π θ 
θ π θ θ π θ 
+ = + = 
+ = + = 
+ = + = 
Double Angle Formulas 
sin ( 2 ) 
2sin cos 
cos ( 2 ) 
cos sin 
θ θ θ 
θ θ θ 
( ) 
= 
= − 
= − 
= − 
= 
2 2 
2 
2cos 1 
1 2sin 
θ 
2 
θ 
θ 
2 
tan 2 2 tan 
1 tan 
θ 
θ 
− 
Degrees to Radians Formulas 
If x is an angle in degrees and t is an 
angle in radians then 
t t x and x 180 
t 
x 
π π 
180 180 
π 
= ⇒ = = 
Half Angle Formulas 
( ( )) 
( ( )) 
( ) 
( ) 
2 
2 
2 
2 
cos 1 1 cos 2 
2 
1 cos 2 
tan 
θ 
1 cos 2 
θ 
θ 
= − 
= + 
− 
= 
+ 
Sum and Difference Formulas 
( ) 
( ) 
( ) 
sin sin cos cos sin 
cos cos cos sin sin 
tan tan ± 
tan 
1 tan tan 
α β 
α β 
± = 
∓ 
∓ 
Product to Sum Formulas 
( ) ( ) 
( ) ( ) 
( ) ( ) 
( ) ( ) 
2 
cos cos 1 cos cos 
2 
sin cos 1 sin sin 
2 
cos sin 1 sin sin 
2 
Sum to Product Formulas 
sin sin 2sin cos 
2 2 
sin sin 2cos sin 
2 2 
cos cos 2cos cos 
2 2 
cos cos 2sin sin 
2 2 
α β 
α β α β 
α β 
α β α β 
α β 
α β α β 
α β 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
Cofunction Formulas 
sin cos cos sin 
2 2 
csc sec sec csc 
2 2 
tan cot cot tan 
2 2
π 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
π 
⎛ 2 , 2 
⎞ 
⎜⎜ ⎝ 2 2 
⎟⎟ 
⎠ 
π 
π 
0° 
360° 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜ − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜ − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ π ⎞ ⎛ π ⎞ ⎜ ⎟ = ⎜ ⎟ = − 
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
(1,0) 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜ − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
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Unit Circle 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜− ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜ − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
3,1 
2 2 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜− − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜ − − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜− − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
For any ordered pair on the unit circle ( x, y) : cosθ = x and sinθ = y 
Example 
cos 5 1 sin 5 3 
3 2 3 2 
3 
4 
6 
3,1 
2 2 
1, 3 
2 2 
60° 
45° 
30° 
2 
3 
π 
3 
4 
π 
5 
6 
π 
7 
6 
π 
5 
4 
π 
4 
3 
π 
11 
6 
π 
7 
4 
π 
5 
3 
π 
2 
π 
3 
2 
π 
0 
2π 
1, 3 
2 2 
2 , 2 
2 2 
⎛ ⎞ 
⎜ − ⎟ 
⎝ ⎠ 
3, 1 
2 2 
2 , 2 
2 2 
1, 3 
2 2 
3, 1 
2 2 
2 , 2 
2 2 
1, 3 
2 2 
(0,1) 
(0,−1) 
(−1,0) 
90° 
120° 
135° 
150° 
180° 
210° 
225° 
240° 
270° 300° 
315° 
330° 
x 
y 
x x 
x x 
x x 
cos cos cos cos 
sin sin sin sin 
tan tan tan tan 
= = 
= = 
= = 
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Inverse Trig Functions 
Definition 
1 
y sin x is equivalent to x sin 
y 
y cos x is equivalent to x cos 
y 
y tan x is equivalent to x tan 
y 
= = 
= 1 
= 
= 1 
= 
Domain and Range 
Function Domain Range 
y = sin−1 x −1≤ x ≤1 
− 
− 
− 
y π π 
− ≤ ≤ 
2 2 
y = cos−1 x −1≤ x ≤1 0 ≤ y ≤π 
y = tan−1 x −∞ < x < ∞ 
π π 
− < < 
y 
2 2 
Inverse Properties 
( 1 ( )) 1 
( ( )) 
( 1 ( )) 1 
( ( )) 
( 1 ( )) 1 
( ( )) 
θ θ 
θ θ 
θ θ 
− − 
− − 
− − 
Alternate Notation 
1 
sin arcsin 
cos 1 
arccos 
tan 1 
arctan 
x x 
x x 
x x 
− 
− 
− 
= 
= 
= 
Law of Sines, Cosines and Tangents 
Law of Sines 
sin sin sin 
a b c 
α β γ 
= = 
Law of Cosines 
2 2 2 
a b c bc 
b a c ac 
c a b ab 
= + − 
2 = 2 + 2 
− 
2 = 2 + 2 
− 
Mollweide’s Formula 
2 cos 
2 cos 
2 cos 
α 
β 
γ 
1 ( ) 
2 
+ − 
1 
2 
cos 
sin 
a b 
c 
α β 
γ 
= 
c a 
Law of Tangents 
( ) 
( ) 
( ) 
( ) 
( ) 
( ) 
− − 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
2 
tan 
tan 
tan 
tan 
tan 
tan 
a b 
a b 
b c 
b c 
a c 
a c 
α β 
α β 
β γ 
β γ 
α γ 
α γ 
= 
+ + 
− − 
= 
+ + 
− − 
= 
+ + 
b 
α 
β 
γ

Trigo Sheet Cheat :D

  • 1.
    θ = y= y csc 1 θ = x = x sec 1 θ = cot x © 2005 Paul Dawkins Trig Cheat Sheet Definition of the Trig Functions Right triangle definition For this definition we assume that π 0 <θ < or 0° <θ < 90° . 2 sin opposite θ = csc hypotenuse hypotenuse opposite θ = cos adjacent θ = sec hypotenuse hypotenuse adjacent θ = tan opposite θ = cot adjacent adjacent opposite θ = Unit circle definition For this definition θ is any angle. sin 1 y θ = cos 1 x θ = tan y x y θ = Facts and Properties Domain The domain is all the values of θ that can be plugged into the function. sinθ , θ can be any angle cosθ , θ can be any angle tanθ , 1 , 0, 1, 2, 2 θ ≠ ⎛⎜ n + ⎞⎟π n = ± ± ⎝ ⎠ … cscθ , θ ≠ nπ , n = 0,±1, ± 2,… secθ , 1 , 0, 1, 2, 2 θ ≠ ⎛⎜ n + ⎞⎟π n = ± ± ⎝ ⎠ … cotθ , θ ≠ nπ , n = 0,±1, ± 2,… Range The range is all possible values to get out of the function. −1≤ sinθ ≤1 cscθ ≥1 and cscθ ≤ −1 −1≤ cosθ ≤1 secθ ≥1 and secθ ≤ −1 −∞ ≤ tanθ ≤ ∞ −∞ ≤ cotθ ≤ ∞ Period The period of a function is the number, T, such that f (θ +T ) = f (θ ) . So, if ω is a fixed number and θ is any angle we have the following periods. sin (ωθ ) → T 2π ω = cos (ωθ ) → T 2 π ω = tan (ωθ ) → T π ω = csc(ωθ ) → T 2π ω = sec(ωθ ) → T 2 π ω = cot (ωθ ) → T π ω = θ adjacent opposite hypotenuse x y (x, y) θ x y 1 θ θ θ θ ± α = β α ± β α β α ± = β α β β α α β sin sin 1 cos cos α β α β α β = ⎡⎣ − − + ⎤⎦ = ⎡⎣ − + + ⎤⎦ = ⎣⎡ + + − ⎦⎤ = ⎡⎣ + − − ⎤⎦ α β α β α β α β α β α β α β α β α β ⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ + = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ α β α β ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ − = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ + = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ + ⎞ ⎛ − ⎞ − =− ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ π π ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎛ − ⎞ = ⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ θ θ θ θ π π θ θ θ θ π π θ θ θ θ © 2005 Paul Dawkins Formulas and Identities Tangent and Cotangent Identities tan sin cot cos sin 1 1 cos 2 θ θ = θ = θ cos sin θ θ Reciprocal Identities csc 1 sin 1 = θ = θ sin csc θ θ sec = 1 cos = 1 θ θ cos sec θ θ cot = 1 tan = 1 θ θ tan cot θ θ Pythagorean Identities 2 2 sin cos 1 tan 1 sec 1 cot csc + θ = θ + = θ θ 2 2 2 2 + = θ θ Even/Odd Formulas ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) sin − = − sin csc − = − csc cos − = cos sec − = sec tan − = − tan cot − = − cot θ θ θ θ θ θ θ θ θ θ θ θ Periodic Formulas If n is an integer. ( n ) ( n ) ( n ) ( n ) ( n ) ( n ) sin 2 sin csc 2 csc cos 2 cos sec 2 sec tan tan cot cot θ π θ θ π θ θ π θ θ π θ θ π θ θ π θ + = + = + = + = + = + = Double Angle Formulas sin ( 2 ) 2sin cos cos ( 2 ) cos sin θ θ θ θ θ θ ( ) = = − = − = − = 2 2 2 2cos 1 1 2sin θ 2 θ θ 2 tan 2 2 tan 1 tan θ θ − Degrees to Radians Formulas If x is an angle in degrees and t is an angle in radians then t t x and x 180 t x π π 180 180 π = ⇒ = = Half Angle Formulas ( ( )) ( ( )) ( ) ( ) 2 2 2 2 cos 1 1 cos 2 2 1 cos 2 tan θ 1 cos 2 θ θ = − = + − = + Sum and Difference Formulas ( ) ( ) ( ) sin sin cos cos sin cos cos cos sin sin tan tan ± tan 1 tan tan α β α β ± = ∓ ∓ Product to Sum Formulas ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 2 cos cos 1 cos cos 2 sin cos 1 sin sin 2 cos sin 1 sin sin 2 Sum to Product Formulas sin sin 2sin cos 2 2 sin sin 2cos sin 2 2 cos cos 2cos cos 2 2 cos cos 2sin sin 2 2 α β α β α β α β α β α β α β α β α β α β ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ Cofunction Formulas sin cos cos sin 2 2 csc sec sec csc 2 2 tan cot cot tan 2 2
  • 2.
    π ⎛ ⎞ ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ ⎝ ⎠ π ⎛ 2 , 2 ⎞ ⎜⎜ ⎝ 2 2 ⎟⎟ ⎠ π π 0° 360° ⎛ ⎞ ⎜ − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ ⎞ ⎜ − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ π ⎞ ⎛ π ⎞ ⎜ ⎟ = ⎜ ⎟ = − ⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ ⎞ ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ ⎝ ⎠ (1,0) ⎛ ⎞ ⎜ − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ © 2005 Paul Dawkins Unit Circle ⎛ ⎞ ⎜− ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ ⎞ ⎜ − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ 3,1 2 2 ⎛ ⎞ ⎜− − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ ⎞ ⎜ − − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ ⎛ ⎞ ⎜− − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ For any ordered pair on the unit circle ( x, y) : cosθ = x and sinθ = y Example cos 5 1 sin 5 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 6 3,1 2 2 1, 3 2 2 60° 45° 30° 2 3 π 3 4 π 5 6 π 7 6 π 5 4 π 4 3 π 11 6 π 7 4 π 5 3 π 2 π 3 2 π 0 2π 1, 3 2 2 2 , 2 2 2 ⎛ ⎞ ⎜ − ⎟ ⎝ ⎠ 3, 1 2 2 2 , 2 2 2 1, 3 2 2 3, 1 2 2 2 , 2 2 2 1, 3 2 2 (0,1) (0,−1) (−1,0) 90° 120° 135° 150° 180° 210° 225° 240° 270° 300° 315° 330° x y x x x x x x cos cos cos cos sin sin sin sin tan tan tan tan = = = = = = © 2005 Paul Dawkins Inverse Trig Functions Definition 1 y sin x is equivalent to x sin y y cos x is equivalent to x cos y y tan x is equivalent to x tan y = = = 1 = = 1 = Domain and Range Function Domain Range y = sin−1 x −1≤ x ≤1 − − − y π π − ≤ ≤ 2 2 y = cos−1 x −1≤ x ≤1 0 ≤ y ≤π y = tan−1 x −∞ < x < ∞ π π − < < y 2 2 Inverse Properties ( 1 ( )) 1 ( ( )) ( 1 ( )) 1 ( ( )) ( 1 ( )) 1 ( ( )) θ θ θ θ θ θ − − − − − − Alternate Notation 1 sin arcsin cos 1 arccos tan 1 arctan x x x x x x − − − = = = Law of Sines, Cosines and Tangents Law of Sines sin sin sin a b c α β γ = = Law of Cosines 2 2 2 a b c bc b a c ac c a b ab = + − 2 = 2 + 2 − 2 = 2 + 2 − Mollweide’s Formula 2 cos 2 cos 2 cos α β γ 1 ( ) 2 + − 1 2 cos sin a b c α β γ = c a Law of Tangents ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) − − 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 tan tan tan tan tan tan a b a b b c b c a c a c α β α β β γ β γ α γ α γ = + + − − = + + − − = + + b α β γ