Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - The Ambiguous Case - 7.3 Problem Set - Page 391: 38

Answer

$46.7^{\circ},313.3 ^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

$2\cos^2{\theta} - 1 + 3 \cos{\theta} - 2 = 0$ $2\cos^2{\theta} + 3 \cos{\theta} - 3 = 0$ Using the quadratic formula: $\cos{\theta} = \dfrac{-3 \pm \sqrt{9-4(2)(-3)}}{4} = \dfrac{-3\pm \sqrt{33}}{4}$ $\cos{\theta} = \dfrac{-3+\sqrt{33}}{4} \hspace{30pt} \cos{\theta} = \dfrac{-3-\sqrt{33}}{4}$ $\theta = 46.7^{\circ},313.3 ^{\circ}$
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