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Find the sine, cosine, and tangent values for the angle $frac{pi}{6}$ on the unit circle.

Answer 1

Abigail Nelson

Sophia Williams

To solve this, we need to find the sine, cosine, and tangent values for the angle $\frac{\pi}{6}$ on the unit circle.

The angle $\frac{\pi}{6}$ corresponds to 30 degrees.

Using the unit circle, we know that:

$ \sin \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) = \frac{1}{2} $

$ \cos \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $

$ \tan \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) = \frac{ \sin \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) }{ \cos \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) } = \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} $

So, the values are:

$ \sin \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) = \frac{1}{2} $

$ \cos \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $

$ \tan \left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3} $

Answer 2

Alex Thompson

Abigail Nelson

Let’s find the sine, cosine, and tangent for the angle $frac{pi}{6}$ on the unit circle.

We know that $frac{pi}{6}$ is equal to 30 degrees.

From the unit circle properties:

$ sin left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{1}{2} $

$ cos left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{sqrt{3}}{2} $

We calculate the tangent:

$ an left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{ sin left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) }{ cos left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) } = frac{frac{1}{2}}{frac{sqrt{3}}{2}} = frac{1}{sqrt{3}} = frac{sqrt{3}}{3} $

Hence, we get:

$ sin left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{1}{2} $

$ cos left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{sqrt{3}}{2} $

$ an left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{sqrt{3}}{3} $

Answer 3

Amelia Mitchell

Thomas Walker

To find the sine, cosine, and tangent for $frac{pi}{6}$:

$ sin left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{1}{2} $

$ cos left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{sqrt{3}}{2} $

$ an left( frac{pi}{6}
ight) = frac{sqrt{3}}{3} $