SOLUTION: Use your calculator to find arcsin (sin (150 degrees) ). Why didn’t the calculator say 150 degrees?

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Question 1141918: Use your calculator to find arcsin (sin (150 degrees) ). Why didn’t the calculator say 150 degrees?
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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sin(150°) =  = sin(30°).


arcsin(x) is always between   and    (BY THE DEFINITION).


Therefore,  arcsin(sin(150°) ) =  = 30°.


The calculator is SO SMART that it knows it (the calculator is programmed in this way !), so it knows the correct answer.



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