Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.5 Sum and Difference Formulas - 7.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 488: 44

Answer

$\frac{\sqrt 3+2\sqrt 2}{6}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Using the given figures, we have $x=\sqrt {4-1}=\sqrt 3$ and $y=\sqrt {1-1/9}=-\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}$ Step 2. We have $sin(\alpha)=\frac{1}{2}, cos(\alpha)=\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}, sin(\beta)=-\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}, cos(\beta)=\frac{1}{3}$ Step 3. $g(\alpha+\beta)=cos(\alpha+\beta)=cos(\alpha)cos(\beta)-sin(\alpha)sin(\beta)=(\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})(\frac{1}{3})-(\frac{1}{2})(-\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3})=\frac{\sqrt 3+2\sqrt 2}{6}$
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