document.write( "Question 1061974: Find each exact value if 0 < x < pi/2 and 0 < y < pi/2
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Algebra.Com's Answer #676797 by MathTherapy(10557)\"\" \"About 
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Find each exact value if 0 < x < pi/2 and 0 < y < pi/2
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Find each exact value if \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+0+%3C+x+%3C+pi%2F2%2C+and%2C+0+%3C+y+%3C+pi%2F2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "cos (A - B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B ---- Difference of 2 angles' formula\r\n" );
document.write( "cos (x - y) = cos x cos y + sin x sin y ---- Replacing A with x, and B with y \r\n" );
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document.write( "It's obvious that we need cos x and sin y\r\n" );
document.write( "\"sin+%28x%29+=+7%2F25+=+O%2FH+=+y%2Fr\"\r\n" );
document.write( "We see that a 7-24-25 Pythag triple ensues, and therefore, x = 24\r\n" );
document.write( "We now have: \"cos+%28x%29+=+A%2FH+=+x%2Fr+=+24%2F25\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"cos+%28y%29+=+2%2F3+=+A%2FH+=+x%2Fr\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"y%5E2+=+r%5E2+-+x%5E2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"y%5E2+=+3%5E2+-+2%5E2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"y%5E2+=+9+-+4\"_____\"y+=+sqrt%285%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "We now have: \"sin+%28y%29+=+O%2FH+=+y%2Fr+=+sqrt%285%29%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "cos (x - y) = cos x cos y + sin x sin y now becomes: \r\n" );
document.write( "cos (x - y) = \"%2824%2F25%29+%2A+%282%2F3%29+%2B+%287%2F25%29+%2A+%28sqrt%285%29%2F3%29\" ------- Substituting \r\n" );
document.write( "Up to this point, you seem to have gotten \"matrix%281%2C5%2C+7%2F25%2C+for%2C+cos+%28a%29%2C+or%2C+cos+%28x%29%29\", but \"cos+%28x%29+=+24%2F25\".\r\n" );
document.write( "You should be able to complete it, now that you know where your mistake was.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Note that since it was stated that: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+0+%3C+x+%3C+pi%2F2%2C+and%2C+0+%3C+y+%3C+pi%2F2%29\", the angles are in the 1st quadrant.
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