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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do I find the exact value of cos 150 degrees and sin 150 degrees?

OpenStudy (kohai):

Have you ever used a unit circle before?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

OpenStudy (kohai):

So on a coordinate point, (x, y), x is your cos value and y is your sin value

OpenStudy (kohai):

What is the coordinate at 150% on a unit circle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

150 degrees?

OpenStudy (kohai):

Yes, sorry, degrees not percent lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5pi/6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it -3/2, 1/2?

OpenStudy (kohai):

The coordinate, not the radians. -sqrt3/2, 1/2, yup

OpenStudy (kohai):

So, if x is the cos and y is the sin, what is the value for sin150 and cos150?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its -3/2, 1/2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sqrt of sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sqrt of 3*

OpenStudy (kohai):

Well, kind of. That's the coordinate. (Don't forget the square root on that -3.) The exact value for cos150 will be -sqrt3/2 The exact value for sin150 will be 1/2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

kay thank you!!! (:

OpenStudy (kohai):

Understand why that is and everything?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah I just forgot to put the sqrt

OpenStudy (kohai):

No worries, good luck!

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