Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapters 1-6 - Cumulative Test - Page 358: 4

Answer

$\begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline \sin\theta = \dfrac{1}{a} \text{(given)} & \color{blue}{\csc\theta = a} \\ \hline \color{blue}{\cos\theta = \dfrac{\sqrt{a^2-1}}{a}} & - \\ \hline - & \color{blue}{\cot\theta =\sqrt{a^2-1}} \\ \hline \end{array}$

Work Step by Step

Given: $\sin\theta = \frac{1}{a},\ \theta \in {\rm QI}$ Since $\theta \in {\rm QI}$, then $\begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline \sin\theta \gt 0 & \csc\theta \gt 0 \\ \hline \cos\theta\gt 0 & \sec\theta \gt 0 \\ \hline \tan\theta \gt 0 & \cot\theta \gt 0 \\ \hline \end{array}$. Since $1 \gt \sin\theta \gt 0$ for $\theta\in\rm QI$, then $1 \gt 1/a \gt 0 \implies a>1$. (i) $\color{blue}{\csc\theta} = \dfrac{1}{\sin\theta} = \dfrac{1}{1/a} = \color{blue}{a}$. (ii) Since $\cos^2\theta + \sin^2\theta = 1$, then $\quad \begin{eqnarray} \cos^2\theta &=& 1-\sin^2\theta \\ &=& 1 - \left(\frac{1}{a}\right)^2 \\ &=& 1 - \frac{1}{a^2} \\ \cos^2\theta &=& \frac{a^2-1}{a^2} \\ \cos\theta &=& \sqrt{\frac{a^2-1}{a^2}}\quad \text{since}\ \theta\in{\rm QI} \\ \cos\theta &=& \frac{\sqrt{a^2-1}}{\sqrt{a^2}}\\ \color{blue}{\cos\theta} &=& \color{blue}{\frac{\sqrt{a^2-1}}{a}},\quad \text{since}\ \sqrt{a^2} = |a|= a\quad \text{as } a>0. \end{eqnarray}$ (iii) $\color{blue}{\cot\theta} = \dfrac{\cos\theta}{\sin\theta} = \dfrac{\sqrt{a^2-1}/a}{1/a} = \color{blue}{\sqrt{a^2-1}}$. Summarizing (i)-(iii): $\begin{array}{|c|c|}\hline \sin\theta = \dfrac{1}{a} \text{(given)} & \color{blue}{\csc\theta = a} \\ \hline \color{blue}{\cos\theta = \dfrac{\sqrt{a^2-1}}{a}} & - \\ \hline - & \color{blue}{\cot\theta =\sqrt{a^2-1}} \\ \hline \end{array}$
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