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Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
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If π2x3π4\frac{\pi}{2} \leq x \leq \frac{3 \pi}{4}, then cos1(1213cosx+513sinx)\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{12}{13} \cos x+\frac{5}{13} \sin x\right) is equal to

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π2x3π4cos1(1213cosx+512sinx)cos1(cosxcosα+sinxsinα)cos1(cos(xα))xα because xα(π2,π2)xtan1512\begin{aligned} & \frac{\pi}{2} \leq x \leq \frac{3 \pi}{4} \\ & \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{12}{13} \cos x+\frac{5}{12} \sin x\right) \\ & \cos ^{-1}(\cos x \cos \alpha+\sin x \sin \alpha) \\ & \cos ^{-1}(\cos (x-\alpha)) \\ & \Rightarrow x-\alpha \text { because } x-\alpha \in\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \\ & \Rightarrow x-\tan ^{-1} \frac{5}{12} \end{aligned}

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