course mth 164

Mr. Smith can you please email me and tell me why I am having pop ups on the screen when opening new assignments that state I have not completed previous work. They appear in the bottom of the box after i click on the next question button which has a title like note on previous assignments. I thought that I have completed everything up to assignment #6. Thanks Tony

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assignment #006

006. Basic triangles; Inverse Functions

Precalculus II

10-30-2008

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19:45:04

Previous Assignments: Be sure you have completed Assignment 4 as instructed under the Assts link on the homepage at 164.106.222.236 and submitted the result of the Query and q_a_ from that Assignment.

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ok I think that I have completed all previous asignments but dont understand why that the note on previous assignments still appears?

self critique assessment: 3

Editing error on the program; ignore it. You know the process by now.

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19:51:46

`q001. Construct the triangle corresponding to the pi/6 angular position:

Sketch a segment from the origin to the pi/6 position on the circle, then straight down to the x-axis and back along the x-axis to the origin.

Sketch also the triangle corresponding to the theta = -pi/6 position, sketching a segment from the origin to the -pi/6 position on the circle, then straight up to the x-axis and back along the x-axis to the origin.

What are the three angles in each of the two triangles you have constructed?

The two triangles you have sketched join to form a larger triangle. Describe the larger triangle. How do the lengths of the sides of this larger triangle compare?

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The triangles all have the same length sides and angles because they are symetrical

The three angles are inverses of the other sides the same angle at pi/6 and -pi/6 and so on

confidence assessment: 2

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19:55:25

Figure 2 shows the construction of these triangles on a unit circle, whose radius is 1. The angle made by the vertical and the horizontal sides of each triangle is a right angle of pi/2 radians. The remaining two angles must add up to a right angle, and since the central angle of each triangle is pi/6 the other angle is pi/3.

These two triangles naturally join to form a larger triangle, which is easily shown to be an equilateral triangle:

The central angle of the larger triangle is pi/6 + pi/6 = pi/3. The other two angles are also pi/3, so the triangle is equiangular. If the triangle is rotated through an angle of pi/3 it coincides with itself, and this symmetry implies that the triangle is equilateral. Therefore the three sides of the larger triangle are equal.

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ok i guess that the results will be given in radians from this point on when dealing with triangles

self critique assessment: 2

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20:01:31

`q002. What therefore is the length of the vertical side of each of the two original triangles?

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using the csc formula we find that the vertical side is known as y and we can use the hypotanuse times the sin function and find y

confidence assessment: 1

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20:03:18

The vertical side of the equilateral triangle is formed from the vertical sides of the two original triangles. Since the original two triangles are congruent it follows that the vertical side of each is 1/2 the side of the equilateral triangle. Since every side of the equilateral triangle is 1, it follows that the vertical sides of the original triangles are each 1/2.

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ok i forgot that the original triangle was equilateral

self critique assessment: 3

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20:04:25

`q003. Each of the original triangles has hypotenuse 1 and vertical leg 1/2. By the Pythagorean Theorem, what therefore is the length of the horizontal side of either triangle?

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a^2+b^2=c^2

1+.25=1.25

confidence assessment: 3

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20:08:57

By the Pythagorean Theorem c^2 = a^2 + b^2, where a and b are the legs and c the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Thus b^2 = c^2 - a^2 so that b = sqrt(c^2 - a^2). In the case of this triangle, if a = 1/2 and c = 1 we get b = sqrt(1^2 - (1/2)^2) = sqrt(1 - 1/4) = sqrt(3/4)= sqrt(3) / 2.

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why do you use the sqrt function when the function is a^2+b^2=c^2? I would infer that this is derived from the unit circle and does not apply to triangles that are not attached to the unit circle.

self critique assessment: 2

You are trying to find c, not c^2. You have to solve for c. You get c = sqrt(a^2 + b^2).

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20:10:16

`q004. What therefore is the y coordinate of the point on the unit circle corresponding to angular position pi/6? What is the x coordinate?

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1/2

sqrt3/2

confidence assessment: 3

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20:10:35

The triangle is depicted in Figure 65. The y coordinate is 1/2 and the s coordinate is sqrt(3) / 2. The unit-circle point corresponding to angular position pi/6 is (sqrt(3)/2, 1/2), as indicated in Figure &&. Note that the approximate coordinates, accurate to 2 significant figures, are the values we used previously for this angle so that the approximate coordinates are (.87, .5).

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ok

self critique assessment: 3

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20:13:11

`q005. Construct the angle corresponding to the angular position pi/4. Starting at the origin draw a line out to the pi/4 position, then directly down to the x axis and finally back along the x axis to the origin; this will form a triangle. Draw another triangle, this time starting from the origin, go into the pi/4 point, then straight back to the y-axis along horizontal line, and finally down the y-axis to the origin. What are the three angles in each triangle? How do the lengths of the two legs of each triangle compare? When these two triangles are put together what shape do they form?

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the triangles form a square

the angles and lengths are the same because they are square

The angles are 45,45,90

confidence assessment: 3

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20:13:28

The triangles are shown in Figure 46. Each triangle has a horizontal and a vertical side, so one of the angles formed is a right angle pi/2. The central angle in each is pi/4, so it follows that the remaining angle, in order that the three angles add up to pi, is also pi/4.

These triangles, having two equal angles, are therefore both isosceles, with equal legs.

The two triangles form a square, since the sides of the combined figure are all horizontal or vertical and since the equal legs form the sides.

If the entire figure is flipped about the theta = pi/4 line there will be no change except that the x and y sides will be interchanged. The interchanged triangles will coincide, but the x and y sides of the triangles will be interchanged, showing that the x and y coordinates of the two triangles are the same.

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ok

self critique assessment: 3

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20:21:42

`q006. If the circle has radius 1 it follows that the hypotenuse of either triangle is 1. Let s stand for the lengths of the (equal) legs of either triangle. By the Pythagorean Theorem what must therefore be the length of the side s?

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side s must equal the same for both triangles and if the hypotanuse is 1 and the radius of the circle is 1 which makes the adjacent angle 1 the n the opposite angle is 1.

confidence assessment: 2

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20:28:42

Figure 23 shows the first triangle with the legs labeled s and the hypotenuse 1.

The Pythagorean Theorem tells us that s^2 + s^2 = 1, so that 2 s^2 = 1 and s^2 = 1/2. From this we get s = 1 / sqrt(2) = sqrt(2) / 2.

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ok

self critique assessment: 3

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20:34:32

`q007. What therefore is the y coordinate of the point corresponding to angular position pi/4? What is the x coordinate?

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The y coordinate is sqrt2/2

The x coordinate is Sqrt 2/2

confidence assessment: 2

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20:34:38

The y coordinate is the same as the x coordinate, sqrt(2) / 2. The unit-circle point corresponding to angular position pi/4 is therefore (sqrt(2) / 2, sqrt(2) / 2), as indicated in Figure 83. Note that the approximate coordinates, accurate to 2 significant figures, are the values we used previously for this angle so that the approximate coordinates are (.71, .71).

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ok

self critique assessment: 2

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20:41:10

`q008. Sketch the triangle corresponding to the angular position pi/3. Explain why this triangle is similar to the triangle you constructed for angular position pi/6. What therefore are the x and y coordinates of the theta = pi/3 point on the unit circle?

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the coordinates are similiar because they both are spaced similiar 30 deg difference

The x and y coordinates are 1/2,sqrt3/2

confidence assessment: 2

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20:41:56

The triangle is shown in Figure 88. The horizontal and vertical sides are reversed from the pi/6 triangle. So the coordinates of the points are also reversed to give us (1/2, sqrt(3)/2).

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ok

self critique assessment: 3

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20:44:42

`q009. Give the x and y coordinates of the points on the unit circle corresponding to angles which are multiples of pi/6. Sketch the unit circle and all angles which are multiples of pi/6, in give their coordinates.

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sqrt3/2,1/2

1/2,sqrt3/2

0,1

-1/2,sqrt3/2

-sqrt3/2,1/2

-1,0

-sqrt3/2,-1/2

-1/2,-sqrt3/2

0,-1

1/2,-sqrt3/2

sqrt3/2,-1/2

1,0

confidence assessment: 2

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20:45:15

Figure 50 shows the angles 0, pi/6, pi/3, pi/2, 3 pi/2, 5 pi/6, ..., 2 pi with accurate values for the coordinates of the points.

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ok gave values

self critique assessment: 3

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20:47:54

`q010. Give the x and y coordinates of the points on the unit circle corresponding to angles which are multiples of pi/4. Sketch the unit circle and all angles which are multiples of pi/6, in give their coordinates.

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all 45 deg. multiples

sqrt2/2,sqrt2/2

0,1

-sqrt2/2,sqrt2/2

-1,0

-sqrt2/2,-sqrt2/2

0,-1

sqrt2/2,-sqrt2/2

1,0

confidence assessment: 3

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20:48:12

Figure 28 shows the angles 0, pi/4, pi/2, 3 pi/4, 2 pi, 5 pi/4, ..., 2 pi with accurate values for the coordinates of the points.

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ok gave values

self critique assessment: 3

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20:49:13

`q011. Make the table for sin(theta) vs. theta with 0 <= theta < 2 pi, using an increment of pi/4. Sketch the corresponding graph. Now reverse the columns of the table and sketch the associated graph. Does your first graph represent a function? Does your second graph represent a function?

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yes the first graph represents the sin function and the second graph represents the csc function which is the inverse of the sin.

confidence assessment: 2

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20:55:38

Using .71 to stand for sqrt(2) / 2 (your table should use sqrt(2)/2 where this one uses .71) we have the following table:

theta sin(theta)

0 0.0

pi/4 0.71

pi/2 1.0

3 pi/4 0.71

pi 0.0

5 pi/4 -0.71

3 pi/2 -1.0

7 pi/4 -0.71

2 pi 0.0.

The reversed table is

sin(theta) theta

0.0 0

0.71 pi/4

1.0 pi/2

0.71 3 pi/4

0.0 pi

-0.71 5 pi/4

-1.0 3 pi/2

-0.71 7 pi/4

0.0 2 pi.

The corresponding graphs are indicated in figure 68. The red dots indicate points on the table; the rest of the function is filled in from what we know about the shape of the graph of y = sin(x).

The graph of the sine function is the usual graph. The graph of the reversed column doesn't represent a function because for example the horizontal coordinate zero is associated with two different values, 0 and pi (and also 2 pi). Another way of saying this is that the function fails the vertical line test, which says that a graph can represent a function only if any vertical line intersecting the graph of the function intersects the graph in only 1 point. Still another way of saying the same thing is that any function must be single-valued, with any number you put into the function giving you exactly 1 value.

For most numbers the first column of the inverted table we get 2 values. The numbers in the first column usually appear twice. For example sqrt(2)/2 in the first column is listed next to pi/4 and also next to 3 pi/4, 0 is listed with 0 and also with pi, etc..

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took for granted that the graphs would inverse but now see that why that they dont. It is because the line grphed fails the vertical line test.

self critique assessment: 2

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20:59:49

`q012. Now restrict the original table of sin(theta) vs. theta to values of theta for which pi/2 <= theta <= 3 pi/2, then reverse columns of the table. Does the resulting table give you a function? Sketch the graph corresponding to the table.

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yes

confidence assessment: 1

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21:01:52

The table is as follows

theta sin(theta)

pi/2 1.0

3 pi/4 0.71

pi 0.0

5 pi/4 -0.71

3 pi/2 -1.0

The inverted table is as follows: sin(theta) theta

1.0 pi/2

0.71 3 pi/4

1.0 pi

-0.71 5 pi/4

-1.0 3 pi/2

Each number in the first column appears exactly once in the table for the inverted function. The corresponding graphs are shown in figure 14. We see that the sine-function graph passes a horizontal line test, so that the inverted function passes a vertical-line test. Any vertical line passing through the inverted graph passes through at exactly point, showing that the graph does define a function.

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ok I now understand why that the first reversed functions failed the vertical line test. It was because the x and y values changed which moved the function in a vertical direction not horizontal. I initially thought that the reverse meant that the neg. signs were to applied.

self critique assessment: 3

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21:06:34

`q013. If we make a table of sin(theta) vs. theta for -pi/2 <= theta <= pi/2, can this table be inverted to give us a function?

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no because the inverted function would fail the vertical line test

confidence assessment: 2

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21:09:12

The inverted table is as follows:

The table for the sine function is as follows

theta sin(theta)

-pi/2 0

-pi/4 -0.71

0 0

pi/4 0.71

pi/2 1.0

The inverted table is as follows:

sin(theta) theta

-1.0 -pi/2

-.71 -pi/4

0.0 0

0.71 pi/4

1.0 pi/2

Each number in the first column appears exactly once. The corresponding graph is shown in figure 34. Any vertical line passing through the graph passes through at exactly point, showing that the graph does define a function.

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the graph does define a function but does the graph fail the vertical line test

self critique assessment: 2

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21:13:51

`q014. Either of the functions graphed in the previous two exercises constitute inverses of portions of the sine function. Re-label the last table you made (the inverted table), labeling the first column x and the second column arcsin(x). This function is the generally accepted inverse of the sine function. What are the values of arcsine (.71), arcsine (0) and arcsin(-1)?

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the values

.789

0

-1.57

confidence assessment: 2

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21:15:06

The table is as follows: sin(theta) theta

-1.0 -pi/2

-.71 -pi/4

0.0 0

0.71 pi/4

1.0 pi/2

Arcsine(.71) is the number in the second column of the table across from .71 in the first column. This number is pi/4.

Arcsine(0) is the number in the second column of the table across from 0 in the first column. This number is 0.

Arcsine(-1) is the number in the second column of the table across from 1 in the first column. This number is -pi/2.

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gave result in decimel form which is just an approximation but values were similiar

self critique assessment: 2

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21:28:32

If arcsin(x) = pi/4 then x appears next to pi/4 on the table of sin(x) vs. x. In other words sin(pi/4) = x. Since sin(pi/4) = sqrt(2)/2 we have x = sqrt(2)/2.

}{Another way of putting this is to say arcsin(sqrt(2)/2) = pi/4.

If arcsin(x) = -pi/3, similarly, this means that x = sin(-pi/3) so that x = -1/2.

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ok I now see that the x and y coordinates are switched and when you encounter the arc sign in this context you use the angle given to find the opposite angle and give the y coordinate

self critique assessment: 2

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21:30:46

`q016. Find solutions to the following equations:

sin(2x) = .87;

sin(3x/4 + pi) = -.5?

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.38216

2.78

x values

confidence assessment: 2

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21:32:24

Starting with sin(2x) = .87, apply the arcsin function to both sides of the equation. We get the equation

arcsin ( sin(2x) ) = arcsin(.87).

The arcsin and the sine function are inverse functions; one 'undoes' the other so that arcsin(sin(2x)) = 2x. So we obtain

2x = arcsin(.87).

We know from the table of the sine function that arcsin(.87) = pi/3 so we have

2x = pi/3.

We divide both sides by 2 to obtain

x = pi/6.

Using a similar strategy for the second equation we write

arcsin( sin(3x/4) ) = arcsin(-.5), which gives us

3x/4 = -pi/6 so that

x = 4/3(-pi/6) = -2 pi / 9.

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ok used decimels and got first equation right and on second did not complete problem correctly

self critique assessment: 2

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21:38:48

`q017. Find solutions to the following equations:

sin(3x) = .38;

sin(2x+pi/4) = .93.

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.123

sin.93=.8016-pi/4=.01622/2=.00811

x=.00811

confidence assessment: 2

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21:48:00

If sin(3x) = .38 then we have

arcsin( sin(3x) ) = arcsin(.38).

.38 doesn't appear on any of our tables so we have to find arcsin(.38) using a calculator. The arcsin key is sometimes labelled arcsin, sometimes sin^-1, and is often the 2d function on the sine key. We find that arcsin(.38) is about .39. So we have

3x = .39, so that

[]x = .39 / 3 = .13.

If sin(2x+pi/4) = .93 then

arcsin(2x + pi/4) = arcsin(.93). Using the calculator to find arcsin(.93) we get

2x + pi/4 = 1.19, approx..

We easily solve for x to obtain

x = (1.19 - pi/4) / 2 = .2 approx.

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ok didnt use the arc sin and this is reason for error

self critique assessment: 2

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21:54:40

`q018. For what values of t do we have sin(t + pi/3) equal to .5? Give the values for which t + pi/3 lies between 0 and 2 pi.

Are there values of t for which t + pi/3 lies outside the interval from 0 to 2 pi?

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pi/6

5pi/6

yes

confidence assessment: 2

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21:58:45

sin(t+pi/3) = .5 means that sin(theta) = .5, with theta = t + pi/3.

The reference-circle picture of sin(theta) = .5 is given in Figure 60. We see that this occurs at the angle arcsin(.5) = pi/6 as well as at 5 pi/6.

So sin(t + pi/3) = .5 for t + pi/3 = pi/6 and for t + pi/3 = 5 pi/6. We can solve each of these equations for t:

t + pi/3 = pi/6 is solved by adding -pi/3 to both sides to obtain t = - pi/6.

t + pi/3 = 5 pi/6 is similarly solved to get t = pi.

Any angle which is coterminal with either theta = pi/6 or with 5 pi/6 (e.g., pi/6 + 2 pi, pi /6 + 4 pi, pi/6 + 6 pi, etc. or 5 pi/6 + 2 pi, 5 pi/6 + 4 pi, etc. ) will yield the same y coordinate and therefore the same value of the sine.

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ok

self critique assessment: 2

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22:00:16

`q019. What are the first four positive values of t for which sin(t + pi/3) = .5?

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-.5235

confidence assessment: 2

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22:12:23

As seen in the preceding problem sin(t + pi/3) = .5 when t + pi/3 = pi/6, 5 pi/6, pi/6 + 2 pi, 5 pi/6 + 2 pi, pi/6 + 4 pi 5 pi/6 + 4 pi, etc.. We also saw that the first two solutions, corresponding to theta = pi/6 and theta = 5 pi/6, are t = -pi/6 and t = pi. Only the second of these solutions is positive.

The solutions corresponding to theta = t + pi/3 = pi/6 + 2 pi, 5 pi/6 + 2 pi, pi/6 + 4 pi, 5 pi/6 + 4 pi, etc., will also be positive. Setting t + pi/3 equal to each of these angles and solving for t 2e obtain solutions

t = 11 pi / 6,

t = 5 pi/2,

t = 25 pi/6,

t = 9 pi/2.

The first four positive solutions are t = pi/2, 11 pi/6, 5 pi/2, 25 pi/6.

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ok used the neg numbers and now see that not only was finding the pos x was not the solution the x had to be plugged back in to find the solutions

self critique assessment: 2

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Many of your answers and most of your self-critiques look very good. You should be OK when you work through these ideas in the text.

course mth 164

please respond and comment on any and all work that has been submitted. Thanks Tony Andis

xö¶Î—¦¾þáÜáÞú‚wôÎvܧassignment #006

006.

Precalculus II

10-31-2008

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17:55:03

Query problem 6.5.10 exact value of sin^-1( -`sqrt(3)/2)

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=-pi/3

confidence assessment: 3

Good. You can compare with the following:

** The inverse sine is between -`pi/2 and `pi/2. We are looking for the angle between these limits whose sine is -`sqrt(3) / 2.

Since at this point we know how to construct the unit circle with values of the x and y coordinates for all angles which are multiples of `pi/4 or `pi/6, we know that the angle 5 `pi / 6 gives us y coordinate -`sqrt(3) / 2. This angle is coterminal with an angle of -`pi/3, so sin^-1(-`sqrt(3) / 2) = -`pi / 3. **

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17:55:37

what is the exact value of the given expression?

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-pi/3 or -1.0471

confidence assessment: 2

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17:58:47

Describe the triangle you would use to evaluate this expression, and explain how you would use it.

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the triangle used was an inverse of the triangle used to find pi/3 or the reverse over the x axis from the origin to 0,1 and to -pi/3 or-60 deg

confidence assessment: 2

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18:00:51

Query problem 6.5.34 exact value of cos(sin^-1(-`sqrt(3 / 2 ))?

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RESPONSE -->

pi/2

confidence assessment: 3

** sin^-1(sqrt(3) / 2) is the angle whose sine is sqrt(3) / 2.

It is therefore the triangle whose base angle is opposite a 'downward vertical' side of length sqrt(3) and hypotenuse of length 2.

This triangle has adjacent side sqrt ( c^2 - a^2 ) = sqrt( 2^2 - (sqrt(3))^2) = sqrt(4 - 3) = sqrt(1) = 1.

The cosine of the base angle is therefore

cos( sin^-1(-sqrt(3)/2)) = adjacent side / hypotenuse = 1 / sqrt(3) = sqrt(3)/3. **

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18:01:03

what is the exact value of the given expression?

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RESPONSE -->

.5 or pi/2

confidence assessment: 2

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18:06:25

Describe the triangle you would use to evaluate this expression, and explain how you would use it.

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the triangle used to find this solution is from the origin to pi/2 to pi/3 by finding these points the triangle and the functions cos and sin^-1 you can derive the values to solve this equation

confidence assessment: 2

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18:23:37

Query problem 6.5.88 cos(tan^-1(v)) = 1 / `sqrt(1+v^2)

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RESPONSE -->

tan^-1x=secx

confidence assessment: 2

** tan(`theta) = v defines a right triangle with side v opposite the angle `theta and side 1 adjacent to `theta. The hypotenuse would thus be `sqrt(1+v^2).

It follows that cos(`theta) = adjacent side / hypotenuse = 1 / `sqrt(1+v^2).

Thus cos(tan^-1(v)) = adjacent side / hypotenuse = 1 / `sqrt(1+v^2).**

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18:24:38

explain how you establish the given identity.

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by using the trig rules

confidence assessment: 2

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18:25:08

Describe the triangle you might use to establish this identity and how you would use it.

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i used the inverse properties of the basic trig functions and their inverses

confidence assessment: 2

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18:25:47

Comm on any surprises or insights you experienced as a result of this assignment.

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I had little trouble with this assignment and felt fairly confident in the results given please comment on any mistakes

confidence assessment: 3

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You understand quite a bit, but you nevertheless missed some of these questions. Be sure to carefully review my notes and let me know if you have additional questions.