Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.6 Double-angle and Half-angle Formulas - 7.6 Assess Your Understanding - Page 497: 14

Answer

(a) $ -\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}$ (b) $ \frac{1}{3}$ (c) $ \sqrt {\frac{3-\sqrt 6}{6}}$ (d) $ -\sqrt {\frac{3+\sqrt 6}{6}}$

Work Step by Step

Given $sin\theta=-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3}$ and $\frac{3\pi}{2}\lt \theta\lt 2\pi$, we have $cos\theta=\frac{\sqrt 6}{3}$ and $\frac{3\pi}{4}\lt \frac{\theta}{2}\lt\pi$. (a) $sin(2\theta)=2sin\theta cos\theta=2(\frac{-\sqrt 3}{3})(\frac{\sqrt 6}{3})=-\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}$ (b) $cos(2\theta)=1-2sin^2(\theta)=1-2(-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3})^2=\frac{1}{3}$ (c) $sin(\frac{\theta}{2})=\sqrt {\frac{1-cos\theta}{2}}=\sqrt {\frac{1-\frac{\sqrt 6}{3}}{2}}=\sqrt {\frac{3-\sqrt 6}{6}}$ (d) $cos(\frac{\theta}{2})=-\sqrt {\frac{1+cos\theta}{2}}=-\sqrt {\frac{1+\frac{\sqrt 6}{3}}{2}}=-\sqrt {\frac{3+\sqrt 6}{6}}$
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