Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 5 - Section 5.5 - Additional Identities - 5.5 Problem Set - Page 311: 7

Answer

$\dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}$

Work Step by Step

Let $\alpha = arc\sin{\dfrac{3}{5}} \hspace{30pt} \beta = arc\tan{2}$ $\cos{(\alpha- \beta)} = \cos{\alpha} \cos{\beta} + \sin{\alpha} \sin{\beta} $ $\sin{\alpha} = \dfrac{3}{5}$ $\cos{\alpha} = \sqrt{1-\sin^2{\alpha}} = \dfrac{4}{5}$ $\tan{\beta} = 2 $ $\sec{\beta} = \sqrt{1+\tan^2{\beta}} = \sqrt{5}$ $\cos{\beta} = \dfrac{1}{\sec{\beta}} = \dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5}$ $\sin{\beta} = \sqrt{1-\cos^2{\alpha}} = \dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}$ $\cos{(\alpha- \beta)} = (\dfrac{4}{5})(\dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5})+(\dfrac{3}{5})(\dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{5})$ $\cos{(\alpha- \beta)} = \dfrac{2\sqrt{5}}{5}$
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