Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Trigonometric Identities and Equations - 7.5 Inverse Circular Functions - 7.5 Exercises - Page 709: 83

Answer

$$\frac{{4\sqrt 6 }}{{25}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \sin \left( {2{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{5}} \right) \cr & {\text{Let }}\theta = {\cos ^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{5}{\text{, thus}} \cr & \cos \theta = \frac{1}{5} \cr & {\text{Recall that }}\cos \theta = \frac{{{\text{adjacent side}}}}{{{\text{hypotenuse}}}} \cr & {\text{adjacent side}} = 1 \cr & {\text{hypotenuse}} = 5 \cr & {\text{opposite side }} = 2\sqrt 6 \cr & \cr & {\text{We have that }}\sin \left( {2{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{5}} \right) = \sin \left( {2\theta } \right) \cr & {\text{Use the identity }}\sin 2\theta = 2\sin \theta \cos \theta \cr & \sin \left( {2{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{5}} \right) = 2\sin \theta \cos \theta \cr & \sin \left( {2{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{5}} \right) = 2\left( {\frac{{{\text{opposite side}}}}{{{\text{hypotenuse}}}}} \right)\left( {\frac{{{\text{adjacent side}}}}{{{\text{hypotenuse}}}}} \right) \cr & \sin \left( {2{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{5}} \right) = 2\left( {\frac{{2\sqrt 6 }}{5}} \right)\left( {\frac{{\text{1}}}{{\text{5}}}} \right) \cr & \sin \left( {2{{\cos }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{5}} \right) = \frac{{4\sqrt 6 }}{{25}} \cr} $$
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