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zarkam21:

True?

zarkam21:

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Vocaloid:

good I'm gonna move this to math

zarkam21:

Okay =)

zarkam21:

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zarkam21:

B

Vocaloid:

keep in mind when you solve for cos(theta) you get -1/2 not 1/2 so cos(theta) = -1/2 check the unit circle to find the appropriate angles

zarkam21:

C

Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

so 2pi/3 and 4pi/3 option D

zarkam21:

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Vocaloid:

well the first step would be to isolate csc(x), what do you get there?

Vocaloid:

4csc(x) + 6 = -2 subtracting 6 from both sides: 4csc(x) = -8 divide both sides by 4 csc(x) = -2 re-writing csc in terms of sine gives us 1/sin(x) = -2 so sin(x) = -1/2 which would be which angles?

zarkam21:

B

Vocaloid:

check the unit circle again, where does sin(x) = -1/2

zarkam21:

Ugh Im getting b because of the -1/2

Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

keep in mind: for the unit circle, the order of coordinates is cos(theta), sin(theta) so sin is the second coordinate making 7pi/6 and 11pi/6 your desired values

zarkam21:

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zarkam21:

False

Vocaloid:

I plugged it into a calculator and I got -1 as the result so this must be true

zarkam21:

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zarkam21:

False

Vocaloid:

good

zarkam21:

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zarkam21:

A

Vocaloid:

hm not quite when you solved for sec(x) you should have gotten sec(x) = 1 so 1/cos(x) = 1 meaning that cos(x) = 1, what x value makes this true?

zarkam21:

NOt D

Vocaloid:

cos(x) = 1 at 0 so yes, D is your sol'n

zarkam21:

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Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

well looking at our good friend the UC we know that tan(theta) = sin/cos which is -1 at these two values|dw:1522773526462:dw|

zarkam21:

B

Vocaloid:

now, keep in mind, the problem is tan(x/2) = -1 so if x/2 = 7pi/4 or 3pi/4 what might be a viable solution for x?

zarkam21:

B??

Vocaloid:

good so B is your sol'n

zarkam21:

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zarkam21:

C

Vocaloid:

yup good

zarkam21:

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zarkam21:

A

Vocaloid:

check your calculations again when does tan(x) = 0 and where does tan(x) = 1

zarkam21:

C

Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

so tan(x) = 0 on integer multiples of pi, tan(x) = 1 on pi/4, 5pi/4, which answer choice best describes these solutions?

zarkam21:

B

Vocaloid:

good

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zarkam21:

True?

Vocaloid:

when you factor this you'll get (2sin(x)+1))(sinx - 1) = 0, x = 3pi/2 is not a solution, so false

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