Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32167-177-6

Chapter 6 - Test - Page 287: 11

Answer

{18.43°,135,198.43°,315°}

Work Step by Step

$csc^2~\theta - 2~cot~\theta = 4$ $1+cot^2\theta-2cot \theta=4$ use the identity $1+cot^3\theta=csc^2\theta$ $1+cot^2\theta-2cot \theta-4=0$ $cot^2\theta-2cot \theta-3=0$ $u^2-2u-3=0$ let $cot=u$ solve the equation u=3=$cot\theta$ I and III Q u=-1=$cot\theta$ II and IV Q $arcot(3)=18.43$ and $18.43+180$ $arcot(-1)=135$ and $135+180$
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