Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.2 The Inverse Trigonometric Functions (Continued) - 7.2 Assess Your Understanding - Page 458: 17

Answer

$-\dfrac{\sqrt2}{2}.$

Work Step by Step

Note that $\tan^{-1}{\left(-1\right)}=-\dfrac{\pi}{4}$, because $\tan{\left(-\dfrac{\pi}{4}\right)}=-1$ and $-\dfrac{\pi}{4}$ is in the range of $\tan^{-1}{x}$, which is $\left[-\dfrac{\pi}{2},\dfrac{\pi}{2}\right].$ Thus $\sin{\left(\tan^{-1}{\left(-1\right)}\right)}=\sin{\left(-\dfrac{\pi}{4}\right)}=-\dfrac{\sqrt2}{2}.$
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