beautypg.com

The [2nd] [trig] angle menu, Angle menu – Texas Instruments TI-73 EXPLORER User Manual

Page 221

background image

Chapter 11: Trigonometry

215

7311ENG.DOC CH 11 Trigonometry, English Julie Hewlett Revised: 05/26/98 11:12 AM Printed: 05/19/99 9:02

AM Page 215 of 12

6. Use the table to check your

result. Set

TblStart=90

,

@

Tbl=60

,

Indpnt=Auto

and

Depend=Auto

.

- f

9 0

#

6 0

- i
$ or # , as necessary

The -

u

ANGLE Menu

The

ANGLE

menu lets you specify the unit (degrees, radians, or

DMS) of an angle, and it lets you convert an angle from one

unit to another.

- u "

1:

¡

Designates an angle as degrees, regardless of the

current Angle mode setting or DMS notation.

2:'

In DMS (degrees¡ minutes

'

seconds

"

) notation,

specifies the minutes.

3:"

In DMS (degrees¡ minutes

'

seconds

"

) notation,

specifies the seconds.

4:r

Specifies an angle as radians, regardless of the

current Angle mode setting.

5:

8

DMS

Converts an angle to DMS (degrees¡ minutes

'

seconds

"

) notation.

From these two screens, you

know that tan(X) is undefined at

X=

M

270,

M

90, 90, 270, 450.