Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Sum and Difference Formulas - 5.2 Problem Set - Page 289: 46

Answer

$-\sqrt{2}$

Work Step by Step

$\cos{A} = \dfrac{1}{\sec{A}} = \dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5}$ $\sin{A} = \sqrt{1-(\dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5})^2 } = \dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}$ $\cos{B} = \dfrac{1}{\sec{B}} = \dfrac{\sqrt{10}}{10}$ $\sin{B} = \sqrt{1-(\dfrac{\sqrt{10}}{10})^2 } = \dfrac{3\sqrt{10}}{10}$ $\cos{(A+B)} = \cos{A} \cos{B} - \sin{A} \sin{B}$ $\cos{(A+B)} = (\dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5})(\dfrac{\sqrt{10}}{10}) - (\dfrac{2 \sqrt{5}}{5})(\dfrac{3 \sqrt{10}}{10})$ $\cos{(A+B)} = -\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ $\sec{(A+B)} = \dfrac{1}{\cos{(A+B)} } = -\sqrt{2}$
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