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Question 190622: I need your help on the following problem:
Find the exact value of sin (-π/3)
Thankyou

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note: since sine is an odd function, this means that . So


In order to evaluate , just evaluate and negate it.


Looking at the unit circle:




We see that at the theta value , the y-coordinate of the point on the unit circle is


So this simply means that


Now negate to get


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Answer:


So

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