Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Trigonometric Identities and Equations - 7.5 Inverse Circular Functions - 7.5 Exercises - Page 709: 89

Answer

$$\frac{{\sqrt {10} - 3\sqrt {30} }}{{20}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \sin \left( {{{\sin }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{2} + {{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( { - 3} \right)} \right) \approx - 0.6634699532 \cr & = \sin \left( {{{\sin }^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{2} - {{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( 3 \right)} \right) \cr & {\text{Therefore,}} \cr & \theta = {\sin ^{ - 1}}\frac{1}{2} \to \sin \theta = \frac{1}{2} = \frac{{{\text{opposite side}}}}{{{\text{hypotenuse}}}} \cr & {\text{adjacent side}} = \sqrt {{2^2} - {1^2}} = \sqrt 3 \cr & and \cr & \beta = {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( 3 \right) \to \tan \theta = \frac{3}{1} = \frac{{{\text{opposite side}}}}{{{\text{adjacent side}}}} \cr & {\text{hypotenuse}} = \sqrt {{3^2} + {1^2}} = \sqrt {10} \cr & \cr & \sin \left( {{{\sin }^{ - 1}}\frac{3}{5} - {{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( 3 \right)} \right) = \sin \left( {\theta - \beta } \right) \cr & {\text{Use the sine of a difference}} \cr & = \sin \theta \cos \beta - \cos \theta \sin \beta \cr & = \left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{{\sqrt {10} }}} \right) - \left( {\frac{{\sqrt 3 }}{2}} \right)\left( {\frac{3}{{\sqrt {10} }}} \right) \cr & {\text{Simplify}} \cr & = \frac{{\sqrt {10} - 3\sqrt {30} }}{{20}} \cr} $$
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