Mathematics · Ch 3 — Trigonometry
Exact values of trigonometric functions of widely used angles
3.2.7
Exact values of trigonometric functions of widely used angles
For a handful of frequently used angles, the trigonometric ratios work out to clean, exact values rather than messy decimals — worth memorising rather than recomputing each time.
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A few things worth noticing:
- Every entry is an exact value (a whole number, a simple fraction, or a fraction with a square root) — never a rounded decimal.
- and — not a coincidence, but an early hint of the general complementary-angle relationship .
- The reciprocal ratios at each of these angles can always be read off the same table, since they are just , , . …