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Advanced Trigonometry, SMB-033

Find every angle, \(\theta\), between  \(0^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 360^{\circ}\), for which

\(\cos\,\theta=-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)   (2 marks)

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\(\theta=135^{\circ}, 225^{\circ}\)

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\(\text{Reference angle:}\ \ \cos\,\theta=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\ \ \Rightarrow \ \ \theta = 45^{\circ}\)

\(\text{cos is negative in 2nd/3rd quadrants.}\)

\(\theta=(180-45)^{\circ}, (180+45)^{\circ}=135^{\circ}, 225^{\circ}\)

Filed Under: Exact Values, Equations and Trig Graphs Tagged With: Band 4, num-title-ct-pathd, smc-5610-20-cos

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