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Find the missing angle: cos (π/6 )= sin (___)

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The answers are pi/3, 2pi/3.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because of our special triangles, we know cos(pi/6) is root 3 over 2. therefore we plug in root 3 over 2 instead of cos(pi/6)

sinx= root 3/2

Next, because of CAST, we know sin is positive in quadrants 1 and 2.

To find our reference angle, we use the special triangles again and see that our reference angle is pi/3.

The reference angle pi/3 in quadrant 1 is pi/3 and in quadrant two it is 2pi/3.

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Find the missing angle: cos (π/6 )= sin (___)-example-1
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