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Trigonometry Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Remove full rotations of ° until the angle is between ° and °.
Step 1.2
Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the second quadrant.
Step 1.3
The exact value of is .
Step 1.4
Remove full rotations of ° until the angle is between ° and °.
Step 1.5
The exact value of is .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 2.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.3.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 2.3.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.3.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.3.2.4
Divide by .
Step 3
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form: