document.write( "Question 1090326: Approximate, to the nearest 10l, the solutions of the equation that are in
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\n" ); document.write( "sec q = -1.116\r
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What did you mean by \"to the nearest 10l\" ?
\n" ); document.write( "Was it a typo and you meant to the nearest \"10%5Eo\" ?
\n" ); document.write( "Are you allowed to use a calculator?
\n" ); document.write( "I believe you are asking for solutions to \"sec%28q%29=-1.116\"
\n" ); document.write( "in the interval \"%22%5B%22\"\"0%5Eo\"\"%22%2C%22\"\"360%5Eo\" \"%22%29%22\" .
\n" ); document.write( "The interval \"%22%5B%22\"\"0%5Eo\"\"%22%2C%22\"\"360%5Eo\" \"%22%29%22\" is the values between \"0%5Eo\" (included) and \"360%5Eo\" (not included),
\n" ); document.write( "so you are looking for solutions with \"0%5Eo%3C=q%3C360%5Eo\" .
\n" ); document.write( "The trigonometric function is secant, which is the reciprocal of cosine, meaning
\n" ); document.write( "\"sec%28q%29=1%2Fcos%28q%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "The graph of the function \"cos%28x%29\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "with \"x\" measured in degrees looks like the red curve below:
\n" ); document.write( "\"graph%28650%2C300%2C-50%2C500%2C-2%2C2%2Ccos%28x%2Api%2F180%29%2C-1%2C1%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "The graph of the function \"sec%28x%29\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "with \"x\" measured in degrees looks like the red curve below:
\n" ); document.write( "\"graph%28650%2C300%2C-50%2C500%2C-2%2C2%2C1%2Fcos%28x%2Api%2F180%29%2C-1%2C1%29\" .
\n" ); document.write( "The solutions to \"sec%28q%29=-1.116\"
\n" ); document.write( "in the interval \"%22%5B%22\"\"0%5Eo\"\"%22%2C%22\"\"360%5Eo\" \"%22%29%22\"
\n" ); document.write( "are the \"x\" values for the two circled points marked below
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\n" ); document.write( "Those two points are the only points on the graph with \"sec%28x%29=-1%2C116\"
\n" ); document.write( "and \"x\" between \"0%5Eo\" and \"360%5Eo\" .
\n" ); document.write( "Finding solutions:
\n" ); document.write( "\"sec%28q%29=-1.116\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2Fcos%28q%29=-1.116\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"cos%28q%29=-1%2F1.116\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"cos%28q%29=approximately\"\"-0.8960573\" .
\n" ); document.write( "Using the function inverse cosine in a calculator you can find
\n" ); document.write( "the solution for \"q\" that is between \"0%5Eo\" and \"180%5Eo\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "(the second quadrant solution):
\n" ); document.write( "\"q=approximately\"\"153.6446%5Eo\" .
\n" ); document.write( "So, \"q=approximately\"\"-153.6446%5E0\" is third quadrant solution,
\n" ); document.write( "but if we want one between \"180%5Eo\" and \"360%5Eo\" ,
\n" ); document.write( "we need to add \"360%5Eo\" , to get
\n" ); document.write( "\"q=approximately\"\"180%5Eo-153.6446%5Eo=206.3554%5Eo\" .
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