DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR FOR THIS PROBLEM!
Given that , find to the nearest degree.
All values are rounded to the nearest thousandths in this problem.
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This problem requires some guesswork, but it mainly comes down to applying the double and triple angle formulas.
Double and Triple Angle Formulas:
sin 2 a = 2 sin a cos a
sin 3 a = 3 sin a − 4 sin 3 a
Here's the work:
sin 7 = 0 . 1 2 2
cos 7 = 1 − sin 2 7
cos 7 comes close to 1. None of those are near 0.359.
sin 1 4 gets close to 0.244 and cos 1 4 gets close to 1 also. Still not close to 0.359...
3 sin 7 = 0 . 3 6 6
sin 3 7 = 0 . 1 2 2 3 = 0 . 0 0 1 8 1 5 9 4 8
4 sin 3 7 = 0 . 0 0 7 2 6 3 7 9 2
sin 2 1 = 0 . 3 5 9
cos 6 9 = 0 . 3 5 9
arccos 0 . 3 5 9 = 6 9
Finally! We found arccos 0 . 3 5 9 !
Therefore, the answer is 6 9