SOLUTION: For x>0, find sin(arccos(4/x)) Thank you so much in advance!!!!!!!!!

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Question 467040: For x>0, find sin(arccos(4/x))
Thank you so much in advance!!!!!!!!!

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20059) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For x>0, find sin(arccos(4/x))
First look at arccos(4/x).  That asks the question:

"What angle has 4/x for its cosine?"

So we draw a right triangle and let the angle be

arccos(4/x)

and since the cosine is the adjacent over the hypotenuse,

we let the adjacent side be 4 and the hypotenuse be x:

Let the opposite side be h.




All we need now is to find the opposite side h by the 
Pythagorean theorem:

c%5E2=a%5E2%2Bb%5E2
x%5E2=4%5E2%2Bh%5E2
x%5E2-4%5E2=h%5E2
x%5E2-16=h%5E2
sqrt%28x%5E2-16%29=h

So the triangle is now:



So now the sine of arccos(4/x) is found by taking
the opposite side over the hypotenuse:

sin(arccos(4%2Fx)) = %28opposite%29%2F%28hypotenuse%29=+sqrt%28x%5E2-16%29%2Fx

Edwin