Students

Please select a resource from the list below.

Teach Yourself

• Trigonometric equations
  This workbook explains how a number of trigonometric equations can be solved by making reference to a Table of standard results and using the symmetries and periodicities present in the graphs of trig functions.

Test Yourself

• Diagnostic Test - Solving Trigonometric Equations
• Exercise - Solving Trigonometric Equations

Video

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• Solving trigonometrical equations
  The strategy we adopt in solving trigonometric equations is to find one solution using knowledge of commonly occurring angles and then use the symmetries in the graphs of the trigonometric functions to deduce additional solutions. (Mathtutor Video Tutorial)