Skill — Apply sines, cosines and tangents to triangles and indirect measurements.
Present in chapters
00·01
Linked atoms
21 linked atoms.
00 Physical quantities, estimates, equilibrium
- Worked exercise — Imola-Lugo route
- Worked exercise — The height of the Eiffel Tower
- Worked exercise — The angle of the sun from the shadow
- Trigonometry and indirect measurements
01 Kinematics
- Footballer’s range and maximum height
- Worked exercise — Range of a projectile
- The three-point shot
- Vector notation by components
- Trigonometry recap
02 Forces and Newton’s laws
03 Inclined plane and circular motion
- Centripetal acceleration of Earth’s rotation
- Acceleration on an inclined plane with friction
- Bank angle of the curve
- Proof of centripetal acceleration
- Forces on the plane as the angle varies
- Conical pendulum
- Speed of a conical pendulum