How do you evaluate sine, cosine, tangent of #-150^circ# without using a calculator?
1 Answer
Jan 29, 2017
See explanation.
Explanation:
First let's calculate
we can write this, because
Now we can calculate
#sin^2x+cos^2x=1#
We choose the negative value because the end arm of the angle lies in the third quadrant, and in this quadrant
Tio calculate
#tanx=sinx/cosx#
Here it is: