(I'll use Q instead of @, so my computer won't think it's
an email address. Igor hasn't put in the Greek letter "theta"
in his program. Think I'll ask him to put it in.)
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Given that cosQ = and Q is in Quadrant 2, find:
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Draw the picture of Q. We use the numerator and denominator
of for x and r. Since , to put
q in Quadrant 2, we must take x as and as ,
and draw this picture, with the curved line indicating angle Q:
Now we use the Pythagorean theorm to find
±
±
But since goes upward from the x-axis,
we take the positive value, so
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To find
sinQ, we only need to know that sinQ = or
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To find
sin2Q, we need the identity sin2A = 2sinAcosA
sin2Q = 2sinQcosQ
sin2Q = 2
sin2Q =
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To find
cos3Q, we need the identities cos(A+B) = cosAcosB - sinAsinB and cos2A = 2cos²A-1
First we rewrite 3Q as 2Q+Q
Then by the first identity,
cos3Q = cos(2Q+Q) = cos2QcosQ - sin2QsinQ
= cos2Q() - sin2Q()
and we have already found sin2Q to be ,
so
= cos2Q() - ()
= ()cos2Q - ()
= cos2Q +
Now we use the second identity to rewrite cos2Q
= (2cos²Q - 1) +
Distribute:
= (2cos²Q) + +
= cos²Q + +
Combine the last two terms and substitute for cosQ
= + =
= +
= +
=
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To find , we use the identity =
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To find sin(Q + 60°) we use identity sin(A + B) = sinAcosB + cosAsinB
sin(Q + 60°) = sinQcos60° + cosQsin60°
Now we use the fact that cos60° = , sin60° = , cosQ = and sinQ =
sin(Q + 60°) = =
=
Edwin