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Advanced Trigonometry, SMB-034

Find every angle, \(\theta\), between  \(-180^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 180^{\circ}\), for which

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

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\(\theta=30^{\circ}, -30^{\circ}\)

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\(\text{Reference angle:}\ \ \cos\,\theta=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\ \ \Rightarrow \ \ \theta = 30^{\circ}\)

\(\text{cos is positive in 1st/4th quadrants.}\)

\(\theta=30^{\circ}, (360-30)^{\circ}=30^{\circ}, 330^{\circ}\)

\(\therefore \theta=30^{\circ}, -30^{\circ}\ \ \ (-180^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 180^{\circ}) \)

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

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