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zarkam21:

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zarkam21:

zarkam21:

Vocaloid:

5a part I: you have the angle -pi/6 you can find an equivalent angle by adding 2pi to that then look at the Unit circle for the appropriate cos value

Vocaloid:

adding -pi/6 + 2pi gives us 11pi/6 so you just need to find the value of cos(11pi/6)

Vocaloid:

still there?

zarkam21:

(-pi/6)+2pi=11pi/6= ((3pi)/2)/2 , -1/2

zarkam21:

sorry i was doing something

Vocaloid:

good but they only want the cos value so sqrt(3)/2

Vocaloid:

for part II you simply need to observe the values between 0 and pi to see which angle gives you a cos value of sqrt(3)/2

Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

there's only one possibility, pi/6

zarkam21:

okay so for b

Vocaloid:

find the hypotenuse using the pythagorean theorem

zarkam21:

c=5

Vocaloid:

good since arctan(4/3) is just another way to say theta, the expression becomes sin(theta) = opposite/hypotenuse so find sin(theta)

Vocaloid:

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Vocaloid:

what is sin(theta) equal to?

Vocaloid:

|dw:1528767951711:dw| from the perspective of theta, 4 is the opposite side and 5 is the hypotenuse making sin(theta) = ?

Vocaloid:

opposite/hypotenuse = 4/5

Vocaloid:

c is pretty straightforward, first it asks you for the value of cos(pi/2) which can be found w/ a calculator or w/ the unit circle then it asks for a theta value between (-pi/2 and pi/2) where tan(theta) = 0

zarkam21:

0

zarkam21:

for part I

Vocaloid:

good, keep going

zarkam21:

(0,1)

Vocaloid:

for part II what angle between -pi/2 and pi/2 does tan(theta) = 0

zarkam21:

pi

Vocaloid:

pi is not between -pi/2 and pi/2

Vocaloid:

remember that tan(theta) = sin(theta)/cos(theta) so you should be looking for the theta between -pi/2 and pi/2 where sin(theta) = 0

zarkam21:

(1,0)

Vocaloid:

we are looking for a theta value so what would the theta value for that point be?

zarkam21:

pi/2

Vocaloid:

that's (0,1) not (1,0)

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Vocaloid:

the angle theta would be 0 as well

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