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Advanced Trigonometry, SMB-028

Find all the values of \(\theta\), where  \(0^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 360^{\circ}\), such that

\(\sin\,\theta=-\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)   (2 marks)

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\(\theta=240^{\circ}, 300^{\circ}\)

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\(\text{Reference angle:}\ \ \sin\,\theta=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\ \ \Rightarrow \ \ \theta = 60^{\circ}\)

\(\text{sin is negative in 3rd/4th quadrants.}\)

\(\theta=(180+60)^{\circ}, (360-60)^{\circ}=240^{\circ}, 300^{\circ}\)

Filed Under: Exact Values, Equations and Trig Graphs Tagged With: Band 4, num-title-ct-pathd, smc-5610-10-sin

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