Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 6 - Section 6.2 - More on Trigonometric Equations - 6.2 Problem Set - Page 333: 64

Answer

$cos(\frac{A}{2})=\sqrt{\frac{3+\sqrt{5}}{6}}$

Work Step by Step

Note$\;\;\;\;\;\;\;sinA=\frac{2}{3}\;\;\;;\;\;\;\;0^o\leq A\leq 90^o$ $sin^2(A)+cos^2(A)=1\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ and $sin(A)=\frac{2}{3}$ $(\frac{2}{3})^2+cos^2(A)=1$ $cos^2(A)=\frac{5}{9}$ $cos(A)=\pm \frac{\sqrt{5}}{3}$ We know $0^o\leq A\leq 90^o$ $cos(A)=\frac{\sqrt{5}}{3}$ $cos(\frac{A}{2})=\pm \sqrt{\frac{1+cos(A)}{2}}$ $cos(\frac{A}{2})=\pm \sqrt{\frac{1+\frac{\sqrt{5}}{3}}{2}}=\pm \sqrt{\frac{3+\sqrt{5}}{6}}$ We know $0^o\leq A\leq 90^o\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;so\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;0^o\leq \frac{A}{2} \leq 45^o $ $cos(\frac{A}{2})=\sqrt{\frac{3+\sqrt{5}}{6}}$
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