document.write( "Question 173155: sorry, these problems aren't from a textbook. I've started these four problems then just started going in circles to find the answer.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #129520 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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1.)Solve for x, where x is between \"0\" and \"2pi\"
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document.write( "Write \"T\" for \"Tan%28x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"T%5E2-T-3=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That doesn't factor, so we use the quadratic formula:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"T+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "with \"a=1\", \"b=-1\", and \"c=-3\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"T+=+%28-%28-1%29+%2B-+sqrt%28%28-1%29%5E2-4%2A%281%29%2A%28-3%29+%29%29%2F%282%2A%281%29%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"T+=+%281+%2B-+sqrt%281%2B12+%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"T+=+%281+%2B-+sqrt%2813+%29%29%2F2+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the +\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"T+=+%281+%2B+sqrt%2813+%29%29%2F2+=+2.302775638\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replace \"T\" by \"Tan%28x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Tan%28x%29+=+2.302775638\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use inverse tangent key on calculator,\r\n" );
document.write( "with calculator in radian mode:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=1.161109817\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "However, the calculator only gives the\r\n" );
document.write( "answer which is in quadrant I.  There is\r\n" );
document.write( "also another answer in quadrant III, because\r\n" );
document.write( "the tangent is also positive in quadrant III.\r\n" );
document.write( "To get that, we add \"pi\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=1.161109817%2Bpi=4.30270247\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using the minus:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Tan%28x%29+=+%281+-+sqrt%2813+%29%29%2F2+=+-1.302775638\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Tan%28x%29+=+-1.302775638\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use inverse tangent key on calculator,\r\n" );
document.write( "with calculator in radian mode:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=-0.9161311535\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "However, the calculator only gives the\r\n" );
document.write( "negative answer which is in quadrant IV,\r\n" );
document.write( "taken as a negative angle. However to get\r\n" );
document.write( "a coterminal angle between 0 and \"2pi\",\r\n" );
document.write( "we add \"2pi\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=-0.9161311535%2B2pi=5.367054154\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is also another answer in quadrant II,\r\n" );
document.write( "because the tangent is also negative in quadrant IV.\r\n" );
document.write( "To get that, we add \"pi\" to the\"-0.9161311535\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"x=-0.9161311535%2Bpi=2.2254615\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "2.)verify the identity:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.)evaluate:\r\n" );
document.write( "\"matrix%281%2C5%2C%0D%0A%0D%0ACos%2C%22%28%22%2CSin%5E%28-1%29%2C3%2F5%2C%22%29%22+%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let's draw the picture of \"matrix%281%2C2%2C%0D%0A%0D%0ASin%5E%28-1%29%2C3%2F5+%29+\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That means the angle whose sine is \"3%2F5\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The inverse sine by definition is always between \r\n" );
document.write( "\"-pi%2F2\" and \"pi%2F2\". Thus the angle \"matrix%281%2C2%2C%0D%0ASin%5E%28-1%29%2C3%2F5+%29+\" is in Quadrant I because \"3%2F5\"\r\n" );
document.write( "is a positive number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the sine = \"y%2Fr\" we will let y be\r\n" );
document.write( "the numerator of \"3%2F5\" and r be the\r\n" );
document.write( "denominator.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "The angle \"matrix%281%2C2%2CSin%5E%28-1%29%2C3%2F5+%29+\" is\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we need the cosine of this angle, which is \"x%2Fr\", so\r\n" );
document.write( "we will need the value of \"x\".  We use the Pythagorean theorem,\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"r%5E2=x%5E2%2By%5E2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"5%5E2=x%5E2%2B3%5E2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"25=x%5E2%2B9\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"25-9=x%5E2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"16=x%5E2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"sqrt%2816%29=sqrt%28x%5E2%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"4=x\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So now we have \"x=4\", so we put that in:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the cosine of that angle is \"x%2Fr\" or \"4%2F5\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So,\r\n" );
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document.write( "If I have time I'll come back to this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "4.) Given that sin theta =1/2, theta in Q1 and cos beta =1/2, find cos (theta-bata)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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