SOLUTION: Without using a calculator find exact value of cos (1950o). Without using a calculator find the exact value of csc(-43Pi/4) If cscβ = 4, find cosβ and cotβ to

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Question 862203: Without using a calculator find exact value of cos (1950o).
Without using a calculator find the exact value of csc(-43Pi/4)
If cscβ = 4, find cosβ and cotβ to six decimal places. Consider that(which means that β is in quadrant II.)

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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cos(1950°)

We use the fact that we can add or subtract any integer times 360°
to an angle and get a coterminal angle that has the same trig
ratios. 

So we divide 1950° by 360°


       5
360)1950
    1800
     150

So we can subtract 5×360° or 1800° from the angle and still have an
angle with the same cosine:

So cos(1950°) = cos(1950°-1800°) = cos(150°) = -sqrt%283%29%2F2

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csc%28-43pi%2F4%29

We use the fact that we can add or subtract any integer times 2pi
to an angle in radians and get a coterminal angle that has the same trig
ratios:

So we divide -43pi%2F4 by 2pi

-43pi%2F4%22%F7%222pi%22%22=%22%22%28-43pi%2F4%29%2A%281%2F%282pi%29%29%22%22=%22%22-43%2F8%22%22=%22%22-5%263%2F8.

If we added only 5 times 2pi to the angle, we would get a negative angle,
so we must add 1 more than 5 or 6 times 2pi to get a positive angle.

So we add 6%2A2pi or 12pi to the angle and get a positive angle
with the same cosecant:

csc%28expr%28-43%2F4%29%2Api%29%22%22=%22%22csc%28expr%28-43%2F4%29%2Api%2B12pi%29%22%22=%22%22csc%28expr%28-43%2F4%29%2Api%2B%2848%2F4%29pi%29%22%22=%22%22csc%285pi%2F4%29%22%22=%22%22-sqrt%282%29

Edwin