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Trigonometry Examples
Step 1
Evaluate .
Step 2
Take the inverse sine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the sine.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Evaluate .
Step 4
Step 4.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 4.2
Subtract from .
Step 5
The sine function is positive in the first and second quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the reference angle from to find the solution in the second quadrant.
Step 6
Step 6.1
Subtract from .
Step 6.2
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 6.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 6.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 7
Step 7.1
The period of the function can be calculated using .
Step 7.2
Replace with in the formula for period.
Step 7.3
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between and is .
Step 7.4
Divide by .
Step 8
The period of the function is so values will repeat every degrees in both directions.
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