Algebra 2 Common Core

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133186024
ISBN 13: 978-0-13318-602-4

End-of-Course Assessment - Page 970: 65

Answer

$-\frac{4}{5}$, or (A)

Work Step by Step

In Quadrant 2, x is negative and y is positive. In the context of the unit circle, that means that $\sin(\theta)>0, \cos(\theta) < 0$ The trigonometric identity $\sin^2(\theta) + \cos^2(\theta) = 1$ applies here. We need to solve for $\cos(\theta)$ $\sin^2(\theta) + \cos^2(\theta) = 1 = (\frac{3}{5})^2 +\cos^2(\theta)$ $\cos^2(\theta) = \frac{16}{25}, \cos(\theta) = \frac{4}{5} \ or \ -\frac{4}{5}$ As stipulated earlier, in quadrant II, cosine is negative, so $\cos(\theta) = -\frac{4}{5}$
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