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zarkam21:

D??

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Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

if sin(x) = 5/13 for this angle what is cos(x)?

zarkam21:

well the denom is 13 because it is the hypotenuse

zarkam21:

so that would make the answer B

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@Vocaloid

Vocaloid:

good, B is correct since cos(x) = 12/13 you can plug that into the half angle sin identity

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B and C

Vocaloid:

hm when I solved for tan(x) I end up with tan(x) = 1/sqrt(3) and tan(x) = -sqrt(3), what x angle values correspond to these values?

Vocaloid:

so x = pi/6 gives us sin(x) = 1/2 and cos(x) = sqrt(3)/2 giving us tan = sin/cos = 1/2 * 2 / sqrt(3) = 1/ sqrt(3) [answer choice C] x = 2pi/3 gives us cos(x) = -1/2 and sin(x) = sqrt(3)/2 giving us sin/cos = sqrt(3)/2 * (-2) = -sqrt(3) making C+D the best options here got to go get lunch

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@Vocaloid

Vocaloid:

disclaimer: not my sol'n, but you would have to use the identity sin(x)sin(y) = (1/2)[(cosx - cosy) - (cosx+cosy)] so you would end up with "cos" in the blank

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zarkam21:

so 0.36

Vocaloid:

no your problem is asking what goes into the blank of (1/2)(cospi/12 - ___5pi/12) notice how the solution given is (1/2)(cospi/12 - cos5pi/12) so cos would be the sol'n

zarkam21:

oh okay i get it , i skipped the fact that there is a blank

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A

Vocaloid:

well done

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False

Vocaloid:

well done

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C

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Vocaloid:

it's the first identity so cos(a) should be in the blank

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B

zarkam21:

This is actually a wild guess

zarkam21:

I dont know this one

Vocaloid:

sin(2 * theta) = 2 sin(theta) cos(theta) so sin(theta)cos(theta) = (1/2)sin(2theta) so we can re-write the problem like: h = v^2/4.9 * (1/2) * sin(2theta) = 150 plug v into the equation, leave sin(2theta) and 150 alone, see what you get

zarkam21:

B

zarkam21:

Actually tbh the calc i plugged it into is giving me error :/

Vocaloid:

v0 = 44 so 44^2/4.9 * (1/2) = ?

zarkam21:

A =)

Vocaloid:

good

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Cos?

Vocaloid:

first multiply the expression w/ foil csc^2 - 1 now check, any identities that might be useful here?|dw:1525485657556:dw|

zarkam21:

cot?

Vocaloid:

good, cot(x) is your sol'n idk how they want you to write it but "cot(x)" maybe? or

Vocaloid:

or maybe just cotx

Vocaloid:

hm

zarkam21:

What do you think would be the best, its 12th grade calc

zarkam21:

precalc*

zarkam21:

maybe just cotx

Vocaloid:

I really don't know ;; since the original expression doesn't have parentheses then maybe just cotx

zarkam21:

yeah thats what i thought too

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T

Vocaloid:

good

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C

Vocaloid:

I got something a little different 3sin(2x) = 5cos(x) since sin(2x) = 2sin(x)cos(x) we can re-write the original as: 3[2sin(x)cos(x)] = 5cos(x) or 6sin(x)cos(x) - 5cos(x) = 0 factor out cos, what do you get?

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Vocaloid:

you don't need to solve for x 6sin(x)cos(x) - 5cos(x) = 0 factor out cos(x) from both terms, what do you get?

zarkam21:

6sin(x)-5

Vocaloid:

good so the entire expression becomes cos(x) * (6sin(x) - 5) = --> answer choice A

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csc

zarkam21:

or maybe sin ?

zarkam21:

Im looking at the chart you provided

Vocaloid:

yeah cos is right

zarkam21:

okay cos

zarkam21:

not csc right

Vocaloid:

yes

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cos?

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Vocaloid:

if you let alpha = pi/3 and beta = pi/6 it should be the fourth identity, so sin not cos

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F

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Vocaloid:

this is the cos half angle identity re-stated so I'm leaning towards true

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False

Vocaloid:

good

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F

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Vocaloid:

if you take 1 + cot^2(x) = csc^2(x), subtract csc^2(x) from both sides you get 1 + cot^2(x) - csc^2(x) = 0 subtracting 1 from each side gives us cot^2(x) - csc^2(x) = -1 making the original statement true

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A and D

Vocaloid:

hm if we let A = x and B = pi/7 then our expression becomes sin(A)cos(B) - cos(A)sin(B) = sqrt(2)/2 using the sin(A-B) identity we get sin(A-B) = sqrt(2/2) plugging the x and pi/7 back in we get sin(x-pi/7) = sqrt(2/2) take the arcsin of both sides and solve for x

zarkam21:

B

Vocaloid:

good but there's one more value where sin(x) = sqrt(2)/2, check the unit circle again

zarkam21:

C

Vocaloid:

good so B+C can we close this question, it's getting a bit laggy

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