Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 1 - Functions - 1.4 Trigonometric Functions and Their Inverse - 1.4 Exercises - Page 48: 56

Answer

$cos^{-1}\big(cos(\frac{7\pi}{6})\big) = \frac{5\pi}{6}$

Work Step by Step

We can first evaluate $cos(\frac{7\pi}{6})$, which is equal to $-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$. From there, we can evaluate $cos^{-1}\big(-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\big) = \frac{5\pi}{6}$. Note that the range of $cos^{-1}(x)$ is limited to $[0, \pi]$, so even though $cos(\frac{7\pi}{6}) = -\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$, $\frac{7\pi}{6}$ is not in the range of inverse cosine.
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