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The Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry Thomas Ulvan Taylor,Charles Puryear No preview available - 2016 |
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9 log abscissa ACB Fig acute angles angle equals apply B₁ C₁ circle co-A co-B co-c column construct coördinates corresponding cos log cot cos² cosecant cosine cot log tan cot tan cot cotangent decimal point double longitude Draw the perpendicular equation Express figure find log find the area find the value formula 9 geometry Given log Given two sides greater than 90 Hence hypotenuse increases law of sines less mantissa less than 90 log cos 9 log cot log log N log log sin 24 log tan log loga logarithm mantissa miles MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES negative and decreases ordinate plane polar triangle positive quadrant radians radius right spherical triangle right triangle secant Similarly sin b sin sin log tan sin² solution Substituting tangent terminal line terms of functions Trigonometric Functions whole number ос
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Page 10 - With reference to any base, the logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which the base must be raised to produce the given number.
Page 14 - The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than 1 is a positive integer or zero, and is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point.
Page 62 - In any plane triangle, the sum of any two sides is to their difference, as the tangent of half the sum of the opposite angles is to the tangent of half their difference.
Page 129 - Trigonometry (qv) teaches that, in plain triangles, the sides are to each other as the sines of the opposite angles ; in spherical...
Page 12 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 2 - A is the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse. The tangent of A is the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side.
Page 27 - At a point 200 feet from, and on a level with the base of a tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is observed to be CO0 : what is the height of the tower?
Page 1 - When two quantities are so related that a change in one causes a change in the other, the one is said to be a function of the other. The...
Page 12 - The logarithm of a fraction equals the logarithm of the numerator minus the logarithm of the denominator.