document.write( "Question 1074035: How do I find the exact value of the trigonometric expression given that cscU=-13/5 and cosV=3/4. How do I solve tan(V-U) using the given values?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #688858 by KMST(5328) You can put this solution on YOUR website! You do not seen to have quite enough information listed. \n" ); document.write( "With just the information you posted, the possibilities multiply, and you get 4 different answers. \n" ); document.write( "If you had some clue that led you to the signs (positive or negative) of \n" ); document.write( "you could use the information given and trigonometric identities to find one answer. \n" ); document.write( "That one answer may start as a cumbersome expression requiring simplification, \n" ); document.write( "and ended as an ugly expression with square roots, but it would be the exact value. \n" ); document.write( "Without more information there are 2 possible \n" ); document.write( "and 2 possible \n" ); document.write( "By definition, \n" ); document.write( "so \n" ); document.write( "Angle \n" ); document.write( "or in quadrant 4, with a positive cosine. \n" ); document.write( "Either way, we know that for \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So, \n" ); document.write( "meaning that either \n" ); document.write( "Similarly, from \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "or \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There are \"formulas\" called trigonometric identities \n" ); document.write( "that allow you to calculate the trigonometric functions of sums of angles, multiples of angles, and half of angles. \n" ); document.write( "You can look them up online; \n" ); document.write( "just search for \"trigonometric identities\" or \"trig identities.\" \n" ); document.write( "I see no point in memorizing most of those identities, \n" ); document.write( "unless your teacher/instructor insists that you must memorize them. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "For this particular problem, there are different ways to go about it. \n" ); document.write( "1) You could use the trigonometric identities \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "to calculate \n" ); document.write( "Then you could calculate \n" ); document.write( "2) Alternatively, you could first calculate \n" ); document.write( "and use them along with trig identity \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Option 1) looks more complicated \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The four possibilities as to the signs (positive or negative) of \n" ); document.write( "leads to either a positive or negative \n" ); document.write( "It could be \n" ); document.write( "or \n" ); document.write( "For each of those sines, we could calculate two cosines as \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "If that looks ugly, you could calculate \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "It could be \n" ); document.write( "It could be \n" ); document.write( "It could be \n" ); document.write( "It could be \n" ); document.write( "So, the four results are: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Option 2): \n" ); document.write( "All the way at the top, we had \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "for the two possible \n" ); document.write( "That makes \n" ); document.write( "All the way at the top, we had \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "That makes \n" ); document.write( "Plugging those values into the trig identity \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "we get \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "and since \n" ); document.write( "of \n" ); document.write( " |