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[Precalculus] Find the value of sin(x/2):

[Precalculus] Find the value of sin(x/2):-example-1
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Put your number into the half-angle formula and simplify.


\displaystyle\sin{(\theta)/(2)}=\pm\sqrt{(1-cos(\theta))/(2)}=\sqrt{(1-(1)/(3))/(2)}\\\\=\sqrt{(1)/(3)}=\sqrt{(3)/(9)}\\\\=(√(3))/(3)

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A)\quad(√(3))/(3)

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