Friday, January 10, 2014

What is sin x if tan x=2/3 and x is in the set (0,pi)?

The range (0,pi) covers the first and the second quadrant
where the values of the sine function are positive.


We'll
apply, for the beginning, the Pythagorean identity:


(sin
x)^2 + (cos x)^2=1


We'll divide the formula with the value 
(sin x)^2:


(sin x)^2/ (sin x)^2 + (cos x)^2/(sin x)^2 = 1 /
(sin x)^2


But the ratio sin x /cos x= tan x and cos x/sin
x=1/tan x


The formula will
become:


1 + (cotx)^2 = 1/(sin
x)^2


sin x = 1/sqrt[1+(cot
x)^2]


sin x =
1/sqrt[1+(3/2)^2]


sin x=
1/sqrt(1+9/4)


sin x = 2/sqrt13 => sin x =
2sqrt13/13


The requested value for sin x is :
sin x = 2sqrt13/13

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