SOLUTION: I need to find out the sin of this trig function it's sin(-71pi/6) I know that the reference that would work with this function is pi/6 and I know the sin of pi/6 is 1/2 but how wo
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Question 806619: I need to find out the sin of this trig function it's sin(-71pi/6) I know that the reference that would work with this function is pi/6 and I know the sin of pi/6 is 1/2 but how would I solve it when there is a negative in the parentheses. Found 2 solutions by solver91311, richwmiller:Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
If the argument is negative, then you are simply going around the unit circle clockwise instead of counter clock wise. If it was you would go around the circle 11 times and then end up at 71 - 66 is 5, so . Now go backwards around the circle ll times and further in the negative (clockwise) direction and where do you end up?
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
