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junior college 1 chevron_right H2 Maths chevron_right Singapore

would appreciate some help!

Date Posted: 4 years ago
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Here the sin y in -1/sin y comes as an “expression”, not an “equation”. Hence, when we express sin y in terms of cos y, there will not be a +- in front of the square root.
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J
4 years ago
y = cos-1(x) has a restricted range of [0,π ]

when -1 < x < 1, 0 < cos-1(x) < π


sin y = sin(cos-1(x))

Since 0 < cos-1(x) < π,

0 < siny < 1

So sin y is always positive for this range. No ± is needed

Update: if you would like to know why it's restricted, you can check out this link :

https://www.themathpage.com/atrig/inverseTrig.htm#abs
Eric Nicholas K
Eric Nicholas K
4 years ago
Hmmm...I did think of the [0, pi] limit but completely forgot that sin of the number between those is never negative
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J
4 years ago
Actually back in JC the explanations for these were never covered... picked it up over the years
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To be continued, due to lack of paper space
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Done. I am very rusty in A Level Maths so I cannot guarantee that my answers are correct.