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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help please ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you are looking for the number between 0 and \(\pi\) whose cosine is \(\frac{1}{2}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you still have that cheat sheet, look at the place on the upper half of the unit circle where the second coordinate is \(\frac{1}{2}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

π/3 simple

OpenStudy (anonymous):

:)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok here is the picture |dw:1351127015253:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in this picture, \(\theta=\arctan(2)\) an angle whose tangent is 2 since tangent is "opposite over adjacent" i labelled the opposite side 2 and the adjacent side 1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the hypotenuse we find by pythagoras, it is \(\sqrt{1^2+2^2}=\sqrt{1+4}=\sqrt{5}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and using sine as "opposite over hypotenuse" we see that the sine of the angle is \[\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}\]

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