Trigonometry Examples

$\arccos (\cos (\frac{5 π}{3}))$

Step 1

Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant.

$\arccos (\cos (\frac{π}{3}))$

Step 2

The exact value of $\cos (\frac{π}{3})$ is $\frac{1}{2}$ .

$\arccos (\frac{1}{2})$

Step 3

The exact value of $\arccos (\frac{1}{2})$ is $\frac{π}{3}$ .

$\frac{π}{3}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{π}{3}$

Decimal Form:

$1.04719755 \dots$