CXC MATHS Formula Sheet
CXC MATHS Formula Sheet
Trigonometric Formula
Opposite side
opposite to angle
Adjacent side beside
(adjacent) to angle
hyp
Hypotenuse- longest
side
opposite
sin
hypotenus
adjacent
cos
hypotenus
opposite
tan
adjacent
adj
a
hyp
opp
b
Remember: works only
on right angle triangles
Pythagorean Theorem
Triples: 3,4,5
5,12,13
8,15,17
Distance Formula:
Midpoint Formula:
Gradient Formula:
Equation of a line
Slope-Intercept Method:
y mx c
Point-Gradient Method:
Parallel lines
Angle Information
Complementary angles - two angles whose
sum is 90.
Supplementary angles - two angles whose
sum is 180.
3=
7,
4=
6,
1=
4=
5,
8
3=
Solving triangles
A
Polygons
B
a
Sine rule
Cosine rule
a
b
c
sin A sin B sin C
or
a
b
c
sin A sin B sin C
Used when any two sides and their corresponding
angles are involved to find one missing side or angle.
a 2 b 2 c 2 2bc cos A
b 2 a 2 c 2 2ac cos B
Quadratic Formula
c 2 a 2 b 2 2ab cos C
If
ax 2 bx c 0
then
b b 2 4ac
2a
abc
2
Capital letters represent Angles
Common letters represent sides
where s
Tangent
Circle Facts
radius
diameter
2.
segment
1a.
O
Sector
4.
Diameter = 2 radius
3.
Area of circle = r2
Circumference of circle = 2r or d
360
2
Area of sector = r
360
Length of arc = 2r
6.
5.
r 2
360
1 2
r sin
2
Angles in circles
7.
A
E
D
1.
1b.
1c.
3.
4.
Transformational Matrices
Matrices
Adding or subtracting matrices
a e b f
a b e f
c g d h
c d g h
Multiplying Matrices
ae bg af
a b e f
bh
ce dg cf
c d g h
dh
Determinant of 22 Matrix
a b
A
If
c d
A ad cb
A singular matrices has a determinant of 0
Adjoint of 22 matrix
a b
A
c d
d b
c a
A adjo int
Inverse of 22 matrix
REFLECTION
Multiply matrices by each point to get reflection in
x- axis
y- axis
1
0
1
0
y=x
0
1
y=-x
1
0
1
TRANSLATION
x
y
ROTATION
Multiply by matrices to get rotation of -degrees clockwise
about origin (0,0)
cos
sin
1
0
R180
sin
0
1
R90
cos
0
R270
Enlargment
Multiply each point by scale factor K to get the image of the
point for an enlargment from the origin.
Sets
universal set
is a member of
is not a member of
union
intersect
= null set
A' = Elements not in set A
a b
c d
1
A 1
A adjoint
A
A
or
A 1
d b
1
ad bc c a
Reverse oppertions
sin
sin 1
cos
cos 1
tan
tan 1
f ( x)
f 1 ( x )
ax
Shape
Volume
Surface Area
Cube
lll=l3
6l2
1
l
l
Cuboid
lwh
2lw+2hw+2lh
h
l
w
Prism
bh lb sl shl
h
1
bhl
2
l
b
Cylinder
r
2r2r2 h
2rh
h
or
2r ( r h )
Cone
1
r hrs
3r 2
2
Sphere
4
r 3
3
4 r 2
2006 D. Ferguson