# trig

• June 13th 2008, 11:52 PM
tangerine_tomato
trig
given tanΘ = 2, use trigometric identities to find the exact value of cscΘ(90°-Θ)

thank you :)
• June 14th 2008, 12:28 AM
Chris L T521
Quote:

Originally Posted by tangerine_tomato
given tanΘ = 2, use trigometric identities to find the exact value of cscΘ(90°-Θ)

thank you :)

You can observe that $\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\sec(\vartheta)$. But if you didn't know that, how would you go about solving this problem?

Note 3 things:

$\sec(\varphi)=\frac{1}{\cos(\varphi)}$
$\csc(\varphi)=\frac{1}{\sin(\varphi)}$ and $\sin(\varphi-\vartheta)=\sin(\varphi)\cos(\vartheta)-\cos(\varphi)\sin(\vartheta)$

Thus,

$\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\sin(90^o-\vartheta)}=\frac{1}{\sin(90^o)\cos(\vartheta)-\cos(90^o)\sin(\vartheta)}$

Simplifying, we get:

$\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\cos(\vartheta)}=\sec(\varthet a)$

Since $\tan(\vartheta)=2$, we can conclude that $\cos(\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}$

Thus, $\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\sec(\vartheta)=\color{red}\boxed{\sqrt {5}}$

Does this make sense? :D

--Chris
• June 14th 2008, 12:30 AM
Mathstud28
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris L T521
You can observe that $\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\sec(\vartheta)$. But if you didn't know that, how would you go about solving this problem?

Note 3 things:

$\sec(\varphi)=\frac{1}{\cos(\varphi)}$
$\csc(\varphi)=\frac{1}{\sin(\varphi)}$ and $\sin(\varphi-\vartheta)=\sin(\varphi)\cos(\vartheta)-\cos(\varphi)\sin(\vartheta)$

Thus,

$\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\sin(90^o-\vartheta)}=\frac{1}{\sin(90^o)\cos(\vartheta)-\cos(90^o)\sin(\vartheta)}$

Simplifying, we get:

$\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\cos(\vartheta)}=\sec(\varthet a)$

Since $\tan(\vartheta)=2$, we can conclude that $\cos(\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}$

Thus, $\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\sec(\vartheta)=\color{red}\boxed{\sqrt {5}}$

Does this make sense? :D

--Chris

Two "var"s in one post...you..you've made me proud(Crying)
• June 14th 2008, 03:57 AM
tangerine_tomato
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris L T521
You can observe that $\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\sec(\vartheta)$. But if you didn't know that, how would you go about solving this problem?

Note 3 things:

$\sec(\varphi)=\frac{1}{\cos(\varphi)}$
$\csc(\varphi)=\frac{1}{\sin(\varphi)}$ and $\sin(\varphi-\vartheta)=\sin(\varphi)\cos(\vartheta)-\cos(\varphi)\sin(\vartheta)$

Thus,

$\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\sin(90^o-\vartheta)}=\frac{1}{\sin(90^o)\cos(\vartheta)-\cos(90^o)\sin(\vartheta)}$

Simplifying, we get:

$\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\cos(\vartheta)}=\sec(\varthet a)$

Since $\tan(\vartheta)=2$, we can conclude that $\cos(\vartheta)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}$

Thus, $\csc(90^o-\vartheta)=\sec(\vartheta)=\color{red}\boxed{\sqrt {5}}$

Does this make sense? :D

--Chris

i dont understand that stuff in the 3rd line after the word thus

is that cause of the complementary angle theorem

and i dont understand anything after that

but im too tired ATM to make much effort to understand it
• June 14th 2008, 04:22 AM
mr fantastic
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Originally Posted by tangerine_tomato
i dont understand that stuff in the 3rd line after the word thus

is that cause of the complementary angle theorem

and i dont understand anything after that

but im too tired ATM to make much effort to understand it

It all boils down to finding $\cos \theta$ from $\tan \theta = 2$.

Half the solution is given above. The other half is ${\color{red}-}\sqrt{5}$.
• June 14th 2008, 11:08 AM
Chris L T521
Quote:

Originally Posted by mr fantastic
It all boils down to finding $\cos \theta$ from $\tan \theta = 2$.

Half the solution is given above. The other half is ${\color{red}-}\sqrt{5}$.

Shoot...darn negative sign...

...wait...how would we know for sure it was in the first quadrant instead of the third quadrant or vice versa? I didn't see any restriction on the angle...

EDIT: Just realized what he meant...never mind... :D