SOLUTION: could you please help me find sin(2x) and cos(2x) sinx= 3/&#8730;10 and pi/2 < x < pi the answers that I was getting were very wrong

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Question 1094866: could you please help me find sin(2x) and cos(2x)
sinx= 3/√10 and pi/2 < x < pi
the answers that I was getting were very wrong

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, rothauserc:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What answers did you get, and how did you get them?
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How do you know they're "very wrong" and not just wrong?

Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the inverse sin of 3/square root(10) = 71.5651
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x = 180 - 71.5651 = 108.4349
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sin(2x) = sin(2 * 108.4349) = -0.6
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cos(2x) = cos(2 * 108.4349) = -0.8
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