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This lecture, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, discusses the "origins of the relationship between effective and peak values for sinusoidal waveforms." The recording runs 6:05 minutes in length and part two is available to view separately.

This lecture, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, discusses the "origins of the relationship between effective and peak values for sinusoidal waveforms." The recording runs 6:08 minutes in length and part one is available to view separately.

This 2-page resource, from the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), briefly covers a trigonometry concept that is important for photonics technicians to understand. "Photonics Technicians need to be able to recognize when the Pythagorean formula needs to be used to solve a...

This lecture, presented by John Chamberlain, covers the basics of trigonometry as the concept relates to photonics education. In 25 minutes, Chamberlain explains the basics of right angles and trigonometry, Pythagorean triples, and trigonometric ratios. Once the basics are covered, Chamberlain...

This Right Angle Trigonometry lesson, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, is part of a series of seven applied electronics math lessons. This lesson starts with an introduction to angles and triangles, similar triangles, scaling, the Pythagorean theorem,...

In this animated and interactive object, the learner uses a TI-86 calculator to solve for the magnitude of the resultant and of one of the component forces in a right triangle.  

This manual, created by Los Angeles Mission College, supports the study of trigonometry for biology majors. Included are worksheets, test review questions, and answer keys pertaining to topics like trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions, graphing, and vectors and polar coordinates. The...

This 180-page textbook was written by Michael Corral and covers elementary trigonometry. This textbook is intended for "students who have completed courses in high-school algebra and geometry." The textbook is designed for college students but may be used in high school. Traditional topics are...