Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Radian Measure and the Unit Circle - Section 3.1 Radian Measure - 3.1 Exercises - Page 99: 79

Answer

$-1$

Work Step by Step

Convert the angle measure to degrees to obtain: $=3\pi \cdot \frac{180^o}{\pi} = 540^o$ Thus, $\cos{3\pi} = \cos{540^o}$ 540 degrees is on the negative x-axis and is coterminal with $540^o-360^o=180^o$. From Section 1.3 (page 25) , we learned that: $\cos{180^o} = -1$ This means that: $\cos{540^o} = \cos{180^o} = -1$
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