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Given pi<0<2pi and cos 0=2/5

1)What is sin 0

2) What is tan 0

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Given pi<0<2pi and cos 0=2/5 1)What is sin 0 2) What is tan 0 Show your work-example-1
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The answer is in below picture

Given pi<0<2pi and cos 0=2/5 1)What is sin 0 2) What is tan 0 Show your work-example-1
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Answer:

  1. sin(θ) = -√21/5 ≈ -0.9165
  2. tan(θ) = -√21/2 ≈ -2.2913

Explanation:

Given cos(θ) = 2/5 and π < θ < 2π, you want the sine and tangent of θ.

Quadrant

Angles are in the range π < θ < 2π in the 3rd and 4th quadrants. The cosine is positive in the 1st and 4th quadrants, so the desired angle is in the 4th quadrant. There, the sine and tangent are negative.

Pythagorean relation

The relationship between cos(θ) and sin(θ) is ...

sin(θ) = ±√(1 -cos²(θ))

sin(θ) = -√(1 -(2/5)²) = -√(1 -4/25)

sin(θ) = -(√21)/5 ≈ -0.9165

Tangent identity

The relation between the tangent and the sine and cosine is ...

tan(θ) = sin(θ)/cos(θ)

tan(θ) = (-(√21)/5)/(2/5)

tan(θ) = -(√21)/2 ≈ -2.2913

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Additional comment

Once you know the sign of the trig functions you're looking for, a calculator can be used to find their numerical values easily. The exact values shown above are better found "by hand".

Given pi<0<2pi and cos 0=2/5 1)What is sin 0 2) What is tan 0 Show your work-example-1
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