Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 8 - Section 8.2 - Trigonometric Form for Complex Numbers - 8.2 Problem Set - Page 433: 75

Answer

$\color{blue}{56/65}$

Work Step by Step

Using a Sum Formula and substituting the given $\sin A = 3/5, \sin B = 5/13$ gives: $$ \begin{align*} \sin(A+B) &= \sin A\cos B + \sin B\cos A \\ \sin(A+B) &= (3/5)\cos B + (5/13)\cos A. \qquad (\text{Eq. 1}) \end{align*}$$ Since $\cos^2 B + \sin^2 B =1$ and $B\in QI$ (so that $\cos B \gt 0$), $$\begin{align*} \cos B &= \sqrt{1 - \sin^2B} \\ &= \sqrt{1 - (5/13)^2} \\ &= \sqrt{1 - 25/169} \\ &= \sqrt{144/169} \\ \cos B &= 12/13. \end{align*}$$ Similarly, $$\begin{align*} \cos A &= \sqrt{1 - \sin^2A} \\ &= \sqrt{1 - (3/5)^2} \\ &= \sqrt{1 - 9/25} \\ &= \sqrt{16/25} \\ \cos A &= 4/5. \end{align*}$$ Substituting the values obtained for $\cos A$ and $\cos B$ into (Eq. 1) above gives $$\begin{align*} \sin(A+B) &= (3/5)(12/13) + (5/13)(4/5) \\ &= 36/65 + 20/65 \\ \color{blue}{\sin(A+B)} &\color{blue}{= 56/65} \end{align*}$$
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