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Maths

Trigonometry

Trigonometry is an area of maths that is all to do with triangles and the relationship between their side lengths and angles.

Radians

Radians are a unit of angular measurement, similar to degrees and is the unit generally used within trig. A full circle, 360 degrees, is equal to 2π radians.

DegreesRadians
00
90π/2
180π
360

Notation

NOTE: in the above equation, there is a dot between two sections of the equation. This is a multiplication symbol and is exactly the same as when you see an 'x'. The reason we use this is because when you are doing alegebra, x is commonly used as a generic variable so to stop confucion, the dot is normally used.

You might also see things put in brackets with the number written just before the

The equation above shows the value of Vout