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COS 120 Degrees

COS 120 DEGREES 

Trigonometry is the study of relationships between sides and angles of a triangle. It is used widely in different fields like astronomy, geography, navigation, engineering, etc.

The values of sine, cosine, etc., are mostly used in all the above-discussed fields. We will be discussing more cosine and mainly about how to find the value of cos 120o.

Let us consider a right triangle ABC. Here ∠ ACB is an acute angle. From the above right triangle, AC is the hypotenuse, BC is the adjacent side, and AB is the opposite side to angle C.

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Let us now see the values of trigonometric ratios of cos 0°, 30°, 45°, 60°,90°.

cos 0° = 1
cos 30° = √3/2
cos 45° = 1/√2
cos 60° = 1/2
cos 90° = 0

Now, let us find out the value of cos 120°.

VALUE OF COS 120°

Let us discuss a small concept of about two important and useful rules, which makes it easy to find the value of cos 120 degrees.

QUADRANT RULE :

It says that the angles which lie between 0°− 90° are said to be in the first quadrant, angles between 90°− 180° be in the second quadrant, angles between 180°− 270° be in the third quadrant, and angles between 270°− 360° be in the fourth quadrant. This is called the quadrant rule.

CAST RULE:

This rule mainly helps us to memorize the quadrants at which sinθ, cosθ, and tanθ are positive.

First quadrant: All the functions are positive. Quadrant denoted as A.

Second quadrant: Only the function sine is positive. Quadrant denoted As S.

Third quadrant: Only tangent function is positive. Quadrant denoted as T.

Fourth quadrant: Only cosine function is positive. Quadrant denoted as C.

If we carefully observe here, starting from 4th quadrant to 1st quadrant, it is in the path of CAST, where,

C = Cosine.        A = All.

S = Sine.        T = Tangent.

From the above figure, 120° lies between 90o and 180°.Since 120°> 90° and 120°< 180°, so we can express 120° as (90° + 30°) and (180° − 60°).

1. (90° + 30°)

Cos 120° = Cos (90° + 30°)

We know, Cos (90° + θ) = − Sin θ

Cos (90° + 30°) = − Sin 30°

We also know, Sin 30° = ⇒− Sin 30° =−1/2

Cos 120° = −1/2

2. (180° − 60°)

Cos 120° = Cos (180° − 60°)

We know, Cos (180° −θ) = − cos θ

Cos (180° − 60°) = − cos 60°

We also know, cos 60° = ⇒− cos 60° = −1/2

Cos 120° = −1/2

Hence, the value of Cos 120° =−1/2

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