3-2-33 trig inverses
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On this problem, we want to remember that anytime we see a
trigonometric inverse, that really really means it's an
angle.
So that sine inverse of two root 10 / 9 is really just Theta.
So 2 sqrt 10 / 9 is sine of Theta.
So if I draw a right triangle, my sine is my opposite side over
hypotenuse.
So 2 sqrt 10 / 9 I can find my third side.
By the Pythagorean theorem we know the hypotenuse, so it's
going to be the square root of the hypotenuse squared minus the
known side squared.
9 ^2 is 81.
Two sqrt 10 ^2 we have 2 * 2 is 4 and sqrt 10 times sqrt 10 is
just 10.
So 4 * 10 is 4081 -, 40.
So now we want to find the secant of that Theta because
remember we let that sine inverse of two root 10 / 9 all
be Theta.
So the secant of Theta secant is hypotenuse over adjacent.
So we would get 9 / sqrt 41 and we want to rationalize that.
So we'd get 9 square roots of 41 / 41.