Question #7b448

1 Answer
Nov 3, 2016

The relationship of any angle to a ( first quadrant ) acute angle is

only contextual.

Explication:

in respect of #cos theta = cos (pi/3)#, the principal value is the acute

angle #pi/3# and the general value of theta is given by

#theta = 2npi+-pi/3, n =0, 1, 2, 3, ...#

Here, for #n = 1, theta = 7/3pi and 5/3pi#.

So, in this context, #5/3pi# and the principal acute-angle

value #pi/3# are related, as solutions of #cos theta = cos (pi/3)# .