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AP Precalculus Unit 3: Trigonometric and Polar Functions

Unit circle, sinusoidal functions, inverse trig, trig identities, and polar coordinates and graphs.

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40 basic cards for AP Calculus. Set 3 of 4 in AP Precalculus. It opens with "What is the unit circle?" and "On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle 0?". Study it alongside the other AP sets below.

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What is the unit circle?
Show answerThe circle x^2 + y^2 = 1 centered at the origin with radius 1
On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle 0?
Show answer(1, 0)
On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle pi/2?
Show answer(0, 1)
On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle pi?
Show answer(-1, 0)
On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle 3pi/2?
Show answer(0, -1)
On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle pi/4?
Show answer(sqrt(2)/2, sqrt(2)/2)
On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle pi/3?
Show answer(1/2, sqrt(3)/2)
On the unit circle, what are the coordinates at angle pi/6?
Show answer(sqrt(3)/2, 1/2)
What is the general form of a sinusoidal function?
Show answery = A sin(B(x - C)) + D or y = A cos(B(x - C)) + D
In the form y = A sin(B(x - C)) + D, what does A represent?
Show answerAmplitude, the maximum distance from the center line
In the form y = A sin(B(x - C)) + D, what is the period?
Show answer2pi / B
In the form y = A sin(B(x - C)) + D, what does C represent?
Show answerPhase shift, the horizontal shift of the function
In the form y = A sin(B(x - C)) + D, what does D represent?
Show answerVertical shift, the upward or downward shift of the function
What is the amplitude of y = 3 sin(x)?
Show answer3
What is the period of y = sin(2x)?
Show answerpi

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