103 Trigonometry Problems

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Notation
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1 Trigonometric Fundamentals 1
Definitions of Trigonometric Functions in Terms of Right Triangles 1
Think Within the Box 4
You’ve Got the Right Angle 6
Think Along the Unit Circle 10
Graphs of Trigonometric Functions 14
The Extended Law of Sines 18
Area and Ptolemy’s Theorem 19
Existence, Uniqueness, and Trigonometric Substitutions 23
Ceva’s Theorem 28
Think Outside the Box 33
Menelaus’s Theorem 33
The Law of Cosines 34
Stewart’s Theorem 35
Heron’s Formula and Brahmagupta’s Formula 37
Brocard Points 39