Problem Set: Unit Circle

1. Describe the unit circle.

2. What do the x- and y-coordinates of the points on the unit circle represent?

3. Discuss the difference between a coterminal angle and a reference angle.

4. Explain how the cosine of an angle in the second quadrant differs from the cosine of its reference angle in the unit circle.

5. Explain how the sine of an angle in the second quadrant differs from the sine of its reference angle in the unit circle.

For the following exercises, use the given sign of the sine and cosine functions to find the quadrant in which the terminal point determined by tt lies.

6. sin(t)<0sin(t)<0 and cos(t)<0cos(t)<0 7. sin(t)>0sin(t)>0 and cos(t)>0cos(t)>0

8. sin(t)>0sin(t)>0 and cos(t)<0cos(t)<0 9. sin(t)<0sin(t)<0 and cos(t)>0cos(t)>0

For the following exercises, find the exact value of each trigonometric function.

10. sinπ2sinπ2

11. sinπ3sinπ3

12. cosπ2cosπ2

13. cosπ3cosπ3

14. sinπ4sinπ4

15. cosπ4cosπ4

16. sinπ6sinπ6

17. sinπsinπ

18. sin3π2sin3π2

19. cosπcosπ

20. cos0cos0

21. cosπ6cosπ6

22. sin0sin0

For the following exercises, state the reference angle for the given angle.

23. 240240

24. 170170

25. 100100

26. 315315

27. 135135

28. 5π45π4

29. 2π32π3

30. 5π65π6

31. 11π311π3

32. 7π47π4

33. π8π8

For the following exercises, find the reference angle, the quadrant of the terminal side, and the sine and cosine of each angle. If the angle is not one of the angles on the unit circle, use a calculator and round to three decimal places.

34. 225225

35. 300300

36. 320320

37. 135135

38. 210210

39. 120120

40. 250250

41. 150150

42. 5π45π4

43. 7π67π6

44. 5π35π3

45. 3π43π4

46. 4π34π3

47. 2π32π3

48. 5π65π6

49. 7π47π4

For the following exercises, find the requested value.

50. If cos(t)=17cos(t)=17 and tt is in the 4th quadrant, find sin(t)sin(t).

51. If cos(t)=29cos(t)=29 and tt is in the 1st quadrant, find sin(t)sin(t).

52. If sin(t)=38sin(t)=38 and tt is in the 2nd quadrant, find cos(t)cos(t).

53. If sin(t)=14sin(t)=14 and tt is in the 3rd quadrant, find cos(t)cos(t).

54. Find the coordinates of the point on a circle with radius 15 corresponding to an angle of 220220.

55. Find the coordinates of the point on a circle with radius 20 corresponding to an angle of 120120.

56. Find the coordinates of the point on a circle with radius 8 corresponding to an angle of 7π47π4.

57. Find the coordinates of the point on a circle with radius 16 corresponding to an angle of 5π95π9.

58. State the domain of the sine and cosine functions.

59. State the range of the sine and cosine functions.

For the following exercises, use the given point on the unit circle to find the value of the sine and cosine of tt.

60.
Graph of a quarter circle with angles of 0, 30, 45, 60, and 90 degrees inscribed. Equivalence of angles in radians shown. Points along circle are marked.

61.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (negative square root of 3 over 2, 1/2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

62.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (1/2, negative square root of 3 over 2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

63.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (negative square root of 2 over 2, negative square root of 2 over 2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

64.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (1/2, square root of 3 over 2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

65.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (-1/2, square root of 3 over 2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

66.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (-1/2, negative square root of 3 over 2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

67.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (square root of 2 over 2, negative square root of 2 over 2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

68.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (1,0) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

69.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (-1,0) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

70.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (0.111,0.994) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

71.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (0.803,-0.596 is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

72.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (negative square root of 2 over 2, square root of 2 over 2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

73.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (square root of 3 over 2, 1/2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

74.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (negative square root of 3 over 2, -1/2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

75.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (square root of 3 over 2, -1/2) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

76.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (0, -1) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

77.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (-0.649, 0.761) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

78.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (-0.948, -0.317) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.

79.
Graph of circle with angle of t inscribed. Point of (0, 1) is at intersection of terminal side of angle and edge of circle.
For the following exercises, use a graphing calculator to evaluate.

80. sin5π9sin5π9

81. cos5π9cos5π9

82. sinπ10sinπ10

83. cosπ10cosπ10

84. sin3π4sin3π4

85. cos3π4cos3π4

86. sin98sin98

87. cos98cos98

88. cos310cos310

89. sin310sin310

90. sin(11π3)cos(5π6)sin(11π3)cos(5π6)

91. sin(3π4)cos(5π3)sin(3π4)cos(5π3)

92. sin(4π3)cos(π2)sin(4π3)cos(π2)

93. sin(9π4)cos(π6)sin(9π4)cos(π6)

94. sin(π6)cos(π3)sin(π6)cos(π3)

95. sin(7π4)cos(2π3)sin(7π4)cos(2π3)

96. cos(5π6)cos(2π3)cos(5π6)cos(2π3)

97. cos(π3)cos(π4)cos(π3)cos(π4)

98. sin(5π4)sin(11π6)sin(5π4)sin(11π6)

99. sin(π)sin(π6)sin(π)sin(π6)

For the following exercises, use this scenario: A child enters a carousel that takes one minute to revolve once around. The child enters at the point (0,1)(0,1), that is, on the due north position. Assume the carousel revolves counter clockwise.

100. What are the coordinates of the child after 45 seconds?

101. What are the coordinates of the child after 90 seconds?

102. What is the coordinates of the child after 125 seconds?

103. When will the child have coordinates (0.707,0.707)(0.707,0.707) if the ride lasts 6 minutes? (There are multiple answers.)

104. When will the child have coordinates (0.866,0.5)(0.866,0.5) if the ride last 6 minutes?