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Trigonometric formulas and identities for class 10


The six trigonometric ratios
1. sin θ=Side opposite to θHypotenuse 2. cos θ=Side adjacent to θHypotenuse
3. tan θ=Side opposite to θ Side adjacent to θ 4. cosecant θ=1sin θ
5. secant θ=1cos θ 6. cot θ=1tan θ
Trigonometric ratios of some specific angles
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Specific angles
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Trigonometric ratios
θ = 0° θ = 30° θ = 45° θ = 60° θ = 90°
sin θ 0 12 12 32 1
cos θ 1 32 12 12 0
tan θ 0 13 1 3 Not defined
cosec θ Not defined 2 2 23 1
sec θ 1 23 2 2 Not defined
cot θ Not defined 3 1 13 0
Trigonometric ratios of complementary angles
Angle θ and (90°θ)are complementary angles
sin θ= cos (90°θ) cos θ= sin (90°θ) tan θ= cot (90°θ)
cosec θ= sec (90°θ) sec θ= cosec (90°θ) cot θ= tan (90°θ)
Trigonometric identities
sin2 θ+ cos2 θ = 1 1+tan2 θ= sec2 θ 1+cot2 θ= cosec2 θ
Alternate forms 1:
cos2 θ= 1 sin2 θ sec2 θ tan2 θ = 1 cosec2 θ cot2 θ = 1
sin2 θ= 1 cos2 θ sec2 θ 1 = tan2 θ cosec2 θ 1 = cot2 θ
Alternate forms 2:
sin θ in terms of cos θ, tan θ sinθ=1cos2θ sinθ=tanθ1tan2θ
cos θ in terms of sin θ, tan θ cosθ=1sin2θ cosθ=11+tan2θ
tan θ in terms of sin θ, cos θ tanθ=sinθ1sin2θ cosθ=1+cos2θcosθ
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