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OpenStudy (cocoacat):

Why is arccos(cos190) = 170 and not 190? Aren't inverse functions supposed to cancel with the real function? I can't seem to wrap my head around this. Thanks in advance!

zepdrix (zepdrix):

The inverse cosine has a range restriction. It can only spit out angles in Q1 and Q2.

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