Year 10
Core

Know tangent, sine and cosine

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Year 10
Core

Know tangent, sine and cosine

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to correctly label a right-angled triangle, and identify the correct trigonometric ratio to use.

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4 Questions

Q1.
Has this triangle been correctly labelled?
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Correct answer: No
Yes
Q2.
Why has this triangle been incorrectly labelled?
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Adjacent and opposite need switching
Hypotenuse and opposite need switching
It’s not incorrect
Correct answer: None of these
Q3.
Which is the correct trigonometric ratio to use to calculate length y?
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Cosine
Correct answer: Sine
Tangent
Q4.
Which trig ratio would I use to calculate the diameter of this circle?
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Correct answer: cosine
sine
tangent