# Math Help - Trigonometry question

1. ## Trigonometry question

[SIZE=4]If A=sin(-1)x, where x>0 sin(-1)x means the shift sin in the calulator of angle x
Two part question
a)show that cosA=squareroot of 1-x^2

b)find expressions in terms of x for cosecA and cos2A[/SIZE
]

2. Originally Posted by kingkaisai2
[SIZE=4]If A=sin(-1)x, where x>0 sin(-1)x means the shift sin in the calulator of angle x
[SIZE=5]Two part question
a)show that cosA=squareroot of 1-x^2

If:

$A=\arcsin(x)$

then:

$
x=\sin (A)
$

but:

$(\sin(A))^2+(\cos(A))^2=1$,

so:

$x^2+(\cos(A))^2=1$.

Rearranging gives:

$
\cos(A)=\pm \sqrt{1-x^2}
$

Now as $x>0$, $A\in (0,\pi)$, and so $\cos(A)>0$, so we
want the positive square root in the last equation so:

$
\cos(A)= \sqrt{1-x^2}
$

RonL

3. Originally Posted by kingkaisai2
[SIZE=4]If A=sin(-1)x, where x>0 sin(-1)x means the shift sin in the calulator of angle x

b)find expressions in terms of x for cosecA and cos2A[/SIZE
]
$\csc(A)=1/ \sin(A)=1/x$.

$\cos(2A)=2 (cos(A))^2-1=2(1-x^2)-1=1-x^2$

RonL