Maths with Lemon

Trigonometry -3D Geometry

" Even at midnight, the city groans in the heat. We have had no rain for quite a while. The traffic sounds below ride the night air in waves of trigonometry, the cosine of a siren, the tangent of a sigh, a system, an axis, a logic to this chaos, yes. "

Lorrie Moore

Surface area of complex shapes

What you have to know:

Key Points

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Volume of 3D solids

What you have to know:

  • You must know the formulas of volume for common 3D shapes.

Key Points

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3D Pythagoras

What you have to know:

Key Points

  • 1. Watch the video:

Angles of elevation and depression

What you have to know:

Key Points

  • 1. Watch the video:

Extra

Material and references:

  • Hodder Book SL(ISBN: 9781510462359) :
    5A, 5B, 5C

Key Points

  • 1. You should be able to find the angle between two intersecting lines in two dimensions.

  • 2. You should be able to use the sine rule to find side lengths and angles in non-right-angled triangles:

    \[ \frac{a}{\sin A} = \frac{b}{\sin B} = \frac{c}{\sin C}, \qquad \text{or} \qquad \frac{\sin A}{a} = \frac{\sin B}{b} = \frac{\sin C}{c}. \]
  • 3. You should be able to use the cosine rule to find side lengths and angles in non-right-angled triangles:

    \[ a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2bc\cos A, \qquad \text{or} \qquad \cos A = \frac{b^2 + c^2 - a^2}{2bc}. \]
  • 4. You should be able to find the area of a triangle when the perpendicular height is not known:

    \[ \text{Area} = \tfrac{1}{2}ab\sin C. \]
  • 5. You should be able to find the angle between two intersecting lines in three-dimensional shapes, and the angle between a line and a plane in three-dimensional shapes.

  • 6. You should be able to construct diagrams from given information, use trigonometry in questions involving bearings, and use trigonometry in questions involving angles of elevation and depression.

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