Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - Chapter Review - Review Exercises - Page 506: 60

Answer

$-\frac{48+25\sqrt 3}{39}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Letting $sin^{-1}(-\frac{1}{2})=x$, we have $sin(x)=-\frac{1}{2}, cos(x)=\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}$ and $tan(x)=-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3}$ Step 2. Letting $tan^{-1}\frac{3}{4}=y$, we have $tan(y)=\frac{3}{4}$ Step 3. We have $tan(x-y)=\frac{tan(x)-tan(y)}{1+tan(x)tan(y)}=\frac{-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3}-(\frac{3}{4})}{1+(-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3})(\frac{3}{4})}=-\frac{4\sqrt 3+9}{3(4-\sqrt 3)}\times\frac{4+\sqrt 3}{4+\sqrt 3}=-\frac{48+25\sqrt 3}{39}$
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