Cot/Arctan

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March 27th 2008, 05:26 PM
TheHardcoreDave

Cot/Arctan

Math homework is not going too well...

1. cot (arctan [sq. rt.]3/x)

Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks.
March 27th 2008, 05:43 PM
TheEmptySet

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I hope this is clear

Good luck.
March 27th 2008, 05:46 PM
teuthid

two things you need to do this:
1) $\cot{x}=\frac{1}{\tan{x}}$
2) $\tan [\tan^-1(x)]=x$

and so we have...

$\cot \left[ \tan^{-1} \left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{x}\right) \right]$

$<br /> =\frac{1}{\tan \left[ \tan^{-1} \left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{x}\right) \right]}$

$=\frac{1}{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{x}}$

$=\frac{x}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{\sqrt{3}x}{3}$
March 27th 2008, 09:13 PM
Soroban

Hello, TheHardcoreDave!

Quote:

$1)\;\cot\left[\arctan\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{x}\right)\right]$

We have: . $\cot\underbrace{\left[\arctan\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{x}\right)\right]}_{\text{some angle }\theta}$

Then: . $\theta \:=\:\arctan\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{x}\right)\quad\R ightarrow\quad \tan\theta \:=\:\frac{\sqrt{3}}{x} \:=\:\frac{opp}{adj}$

$\theta$ is in a right triangle with: $opp = \sqrt{3},\;adj = x$

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* * | * | _ * | √3 * | * θ | * - - - - - - - - * x

Now . . . what is $\cot\theta$ ?

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