Further trigonometry – Year 11 – Mathematics Extension 1

This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of Further trigonometry.

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics Extension 1 11–12 (2024) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

Unit 7 – further trigonometry

This program of learning addresses content from the focus area of Further trigonometry. The lessons and sequences in this program of learning are designed to allow students to explore trigonometry in three dimensions, introduce more complex trigonometric identities and equations including sum and difference expansions, double angle formulas and their applications.

Introduction

Further trigonometry (DOCX 8.3 MB)

Lesson 1 – sum and difference expansion formulas

Lesson 2 – double angle formulas

Lesson 3 – proving results

Lesson 4 – solving trigonometric equations

Lesson 5 – simplifying sums of sine and cosine functions

Lesson 6 – using R sin (x ± a) or R cos (x ± a) to solve equations

Lesson 7 – modelling and solving problems using trigonometry

Lesson 8 – trigonometry in three dimensions

Lesson 9 – trigonometry in three dimensions further problems

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