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| Question 189534:  sin theta= 12/13, 3pi/2
 
 cos-1/4,csc theta>0, find sin 2theta,cos 2theta, tan 2theta
 Found 2 solutions by  Edwin McCravy, feliz1965:
 Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 
I can do your 2nd problem but not the 1st, for you've 
made a mistake in copying the first problem. Here's why:
sinq = 12/13, 3p/2 < q < 2p. Find sin2q, cos2q, tan2q?
3p/2 < q < 2p
tells us that q is in quadrant IV.
But the sine is negative in quadrant IV, yet you have 
sinq = 12/13, which is a positive number.
That cannot be.
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Here's your 2nd problem:
cosq = -1/4,cscq > 0, find sin2q,cos2q, tan2q
This tells us that q is in quadrant II,
because that is the only quadrant in which the cosine is negative and
the cosecant is positive.
So we draw an angle in Quadrant II to represent angle q 
 Next we draw a perpendicular to the x axis.  Since the cosine
is  , we make the x value -1, which is the numerator of  and make the hypotenuse or the r equal to the the 
denominator of  which is 4:  Next we calculate the value of y by the Pythagorean
theorem equation          So we label the y-value with that  Now we can find sin2q using the
identity:
sin2q = 2sinqcosq
because we now know that sinq =  =  , and cosq =  =  .
sin2q = 2sinqcosq =  Next we find cos2q using any one of
these three identities:
cos2q = cos2q - sin2q
cos2q = 2cos2q - 1
cos2q = 1 - 2sin2q.
I'll choose the second one, although any one will give you the
same answer:
cos2q = 2cos2q - 1
cos2q = 2  - 1
cos2q = 2  - 1
cos2q =  - 1
cos2q =  - 1
cos2q =  Finally we can find tan2q from
the identity
tan2q = sin2q/cos2q
tan2q =  EdwinAnswer by feliz1965(151)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! sin theta= 12/13, 3pi/2
I will use t for theta. So, let t = theta for short.
 sin(t)= 12/13
 We make a right triangle knowing that sine equals opposite side divided by hypotenuse.
 We need to find one of the legs of this right triangle.
 Let x = the missing leg.
 x^2 + (12)^2 = (13)^2
 x^2 + 144 = 169
 x^2 = 169 - 144
 x^2 = 25
 x = 5
 The missing leg is 5.
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 We now need to know what sin2(t), cos2(t) and tan2(t) stand for.
 cosine = adjacent side of right triangle divided by hypotenuse.
 tangent = opposite side of right triangle divided by the adjacent side of the right triangle.
 sin2(t) = 2sin(t) times cos(t)
 I will do this one only.  I then will give you the information you need to solve the other two trig expressions.
 sin2(t) = 2sin(t) times cos(t)
 Before I can go on, I need to know what cos(t) stands for.  To do so, I go back to the right triangle knowing that cosine = adjacent side/hypotenuse.
 sin(t) was given to be 12/13.
 If cosine = adjacent side/hypotenuse, then cos(t) = 5/13.
 I now have everything to solve for sin2(t).
 sin2(t) = 2(12/13) times 5/13
 sin2(t) = 120/169
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 You will need to find the rest.
 Here is the data you need:
 tangent = 12/5
 cos2(t) = cos^2 (t) - sin^2 (t)
 tan2(t) = [2tan(t)]/[1 - tan^2 (t)]
 I gave you everything you need.
 All you have to do and plug and chug.
 Can you take it from here?
 
 
 
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