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Solve using the Pythagorean identity


Solve using the Pythagorean identity ​-example-1

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\bold{Sin\theta_(1)=-(4)/(5)}

Answer:

Solution given

Cos
\displaystyle \theta_(1)=(3)/(5)

consider Pythagorean theorem


\bold{Sin²\theta+Cos²\theta=1}

Subtracting
Cos²\thetaboth side


\displaystyle Sin²\theta=1-Cos²\theta

doing square root on both side we get


Sin\theta=√(1-Cos²\theta)

Similarly


Sin\theta_(1)=\sqrt{1-Cos²\theta_(1)}

Substituting value of
Cos\theta_(1)

we get


Sin\theta_(1)=\sqrt{1-((3)/(5))²}

Solving numerical


Sin\theta_(1)=\sqrt{1-((9)/(25))}


Sin\theta_(1)=\sqrt{(16)/(225)}


Sin\theta_(1)=(√(2*2*2*2))/(√(5*5))


Sin\theta_(1)=(4)/(5)

Since

In IVquadrant sin angle is negative


\bold{Sin\theta_(1)=-(4)/(5)}

User Ijt
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Answer:


\sin(\theta_1)=-(4)/(5)

Explanation:

We'll use the Pythagorean Identity
\cos^2(\theta)+\sin^2(\theta)=1 to solve this problem.

Subtract
\cos^2(\theta) from both sides to isolate
\sin^2(\theta):


\sin^2(\theta)=1-\cos^2(\theta)

Substitute
\cos(\theta)=(3)/(5) as given in the problem:


\sin^2(\theta_1)=1-((3)/(5)^2)

Simplify:


\sin^2\theta_1=1-(9)/(25)

Combine like terms:


\sin^2\theta_1=(16)/(25)

For
a^2=b, we have two solutions
a=\pm √(b):


\sin\theta_1=\pm \sqrt{(16)/(25)},\\\begin{cases}\sin \theta_1=(4)/(5),\\\sin \theta_1=\boxed{-(4)/(5)}\end{cases}

Since the sine of all angles in quadrant four return a negative output,
(4)/(5) is extraneous and our answer is
\boxed{\sin(\theta_1)=-(4)/(5)}

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