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College Trigonometry, 2011a

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10.6 The Inverse Trigonometric Functions 833<br />

We now see what these restrictions mean in terms of x. Since 4x = csc(t), we get that<br />

for 0 ≤ t ≤ π 2 ,4x ≥ 1, or x ≥ 1 4<br />

. In this case, we can simplify |x| = x so<br />

cos(t) =<br />

√<br />

16x 2 − 1<br />

4|x|<br />

=<br />

√<br />

16x 2 − 1<br />

4x<br />

Similarly, for π 0,wecanusethepropertylistedinTheorem10.27 to rewrite arccot(2) as<br />

arccot(2) = arctan ( 1<br />

2)<br />

. In ‘radian’ mode, we find arccot(2) = arctan<br />

( 1<br />

2)<br />

≈ 0.4636.<br />

(b) Since 5 ≥ 1, we can use the property from either Theorem 10.28 or Theorem 10.29 to<br />

write arcsec(5) = arccos ( 1<br />

5)<br />

≈ 1.3694.

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