Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 5 - Review - Exercises - Page 463: 3

Answer

(a) $\frac{\pi}{3}$ (b) $P(-\frac{1}{2},\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})$ (c) $sin(t)=\frac{\sqrt 3}{2},cos(t)=-\frac{1}{2}, tan(t)=-\sqrt 3,cot(t)=-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3},sec(t)=-2,csc(t)=\frac{2\sqrt 3}{3}$

Work Step by Step

(a) Since $+y$ axis is at $\frac{\pi}{2}$ and $-x$ axis is at $\pi$, $\frac{\pi}{2}\lt t\lt \pi$ indicates that $t$ is in Quadrant II and $\bar t=\pi-t=\frac{\pi}{3}$ (b) The coordinates of point with $\bar t=\frac{\pi}{3}$ in Quadrant I is $(\frac{1}{2},\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})$, since point $P$ is in Quadrant II, we have $P(-\frac{1}{2},\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})$ (c) With the above results, we have $sin(t)=y=\frac{\sqrt 3}{2},cos(t)=x=-\frac{1}{2}, tan(t)=\frac{y}{x}=-\sqrt 3,cot(t)=\frac{x}{y}=-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3},sec(t)=\frac{1}{x}=-2,csc(t)=\frac{1}{y}=\frac{2\sqrt 3}{3}$
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