
Sine is the ratio of the length of the perpendicular side of a right-angled triangle to its hypotenuse. Sine is considered an important trigonometric function, other than cosine and tangent functions.
Consider a triangle ABC with a and b as its legs and h as the hypotenuse. Consider both the other angles as 45 degrees. In order to find the value of sin 45, let us assume the length of both the legs of a unit value.
Therefore, a = b = 1
From the Pythagoras theorem, h² = a² + b²
We get, h = √2
From the definition of a sine angle, sin 45° = perpendicular/hypotenuse
= a/h = 1/√2 = 0.707
| Sine 0° | 0 |
| Sine 30° or Sine π/6 | 1/2 |
| Sine 45° or Sine π/4 | 1/√2 |
| Sine 60°or Sine π/3 | √3/2 |
| Sine 90° or Sine π/2 | 1 |
| Sine 120° or Sine 2π/3 | √3/2 |
| Sine 150° or Sine 5π/6 | 1/2 |
| Sine 180° or Sine π | 0 |
| Sine 270° or Sine 3π/2 | -1 |
| Sine 360°or Sine 2π | 0 |
| Degree | 0 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 90 | 180 | 270 | 360 |
| Sin | 0 | 1/2 | 1/√2 | √3/2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cos | 1 | √3/2 | 1/√2 | 1/2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tan | 0 | 1/√3 | 1 | √3 | ∞ | 0 | ∞ | 0 |
| Quadrant | Degrees | Radians | Value | Sign | Monotony | Convexity |
| 1st quadrant, I | 0° < x < 90° | 0 < x < π/2 | 0 < sin x < 1 | + | increasing | concave |
| 2nd quadrant, II | 90° < x < 180° | π/2 < x < π | 0 < sin x < 1 | + | decreasing | concave |
| 3rd quadrant, III | 180° < x < 270° | π < x < 3π/2 | -1 < sin x < 0 | - | decreasing | convex |
| 4th quadrant, IV | 270° < x < 360° | 3π/2 < x < 2π | -1 < sin x < 0 | - | increasing | convex |
The law of sines states that for an arbitrary triangle with sides a, b, and c and angles opposite those sides A, B and C:
sin A/a = sin B/b = sin C/c
This is equivalent to the equality of the first three expressions below:
a/sin A = b/sin B = c/sin C = 2R
Where, R is the triangle's circumradius.
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