Precalculus Examples

Solve for x y=cos(x)
y=cos(x)
Step 1
Rewrite the equation as cos(x)=y.
cos(x)=y
Step 2
Take the inverse cosine of both sides of the equation to extract x from inside the cosine.
x=arccos(y)
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