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Given sinx=3/5 and x is in quadrant 2, what is the value of tan(x/2)

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3

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x is in the second quadrant means that x/2 is in the first quadrant.


Consider the right triangle drawn in the figure. Let tan(x/2)=a.

Then, let the length of the opposite side to x/2 be a, the adjacent side be 1 and the hypotenuse be square root of a squared +1, as shown in the figure.

sin(x/2)=|opp side|/ |hypotenuse| =
\frac{a}{ \sqrt{ a^(2)+1 } }

cos (x/2) = |adj side|/ |hypotenuse| =
\frac{1}{ \sqrt{ a^(2)+1 } }


from the famous identity: sin(2a)=2sin(a)cos(a), we have:

2sin(x/2)cos (x/2)=sin(x)

thus


2* \frac{a}{ \sqrt{ a^(2)+1 } }*\frac{1}{ \sqrt{ a^(2)+1 } }= (3)/(5)


2* (a)/( a^(2)+1 )= (3)/(5)


10a=3 a^(2) +3


3 a^(2)-10a +3=0

(3a-1)(a-3)=0

thus a=1/3 or a=3


thus tan(x/2)=1/3 or tan(x/2)=3


Answer: {1/3, 3}
Given sinx=3/5 and x is in quadrant 2, what is the value of tan(x/2)-example-1
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