INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

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PRINCIPAL VALUE BRANCH
PROPERTY
T-RATIOS OF SOME STANDARD ANGLES

𝛑 𝛑 𝛑 𝛑
𝟎∘ = 𝟎 𝟑𝟎∘ = ∘
𝟒𝟓 = 𝟔𝟎∘ = ∘
𝟗𝟎 =
Angle/Ratio 𝟔 𝟒 𝟑 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝛉 0 1
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐

𝟑 𝟏 𝟏
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝛉 1 0
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐

𝟏
𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝛉 0 1 𝟑 ∞
𝟑
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−𝟏 𝟏
The value of 𝒔𝒊𝒏 =
𝟐
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The value of 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 (𝟐) =

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The principal value of 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 (− 𝟑) is

𝝅
i)
𝟑
−𝝅
ii)
𝟑
𝝅
iii)
𝟒
−𝝅
iv)
𝟔
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−𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
Find the value of 𝐭𝐚𝐧 (𝟏) + 𝐜𝐨𝐬 − + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 −
𝟐 𝟐
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i) 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 (𝐬𝐢𝐧𝒙) = 𝒙 is defined on

𝝅 𝝅
a) 𝒙 ∈ − ,
𝟐 𝟐
𝝅 𝝅
b) 𝒙 ∈ − ,
𝟐 𝟐
c) 𝒙 ∈ [𝟎, 𝝅]
d) 𝒙 ∈ (𝟎, 𝝅)
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i. Which of the following can be the domain of the

function 𝒄𝒐𝒔−𝟏 𝒙 ?
(a) (𝟎, 𝝅)
(b) [𝟎, 𝝅]
(c) (−𝝅, 𝝅)
𝝅 𝝅
(d) − ,
𝟐 𝟐

−𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟏
ii. ii) Find the value of 𝒄𝒐𝒔 − + 𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟐 𝟐
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−𝟏 𝟑
i) If 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 , then which of the following is true?
𝟓
−𝟏 𝟓
a) 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔
𝟑
−𝟏 𝟑
b) 𝒙 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏
𝟒
−𝟏 𝟓
c) 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄
𝟒
−𝟏 𝟑
d) 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒕
𝟒
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a) Identify the function from the above graph.
i) 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
ii) 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
iii) 𝒄𝒐𝒔−𝟏 𝒙
iv) 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 𝒙

b) Find the domain and range of the function

represented in above graph.
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−𝟏 𝟏+𝒙𝟐 −𝟏
Express 𝒕𝒂𝒏 , 𝒙 ≠ 𝟎 in the smallest form.
𝒙
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−𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙−𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙
Write the function 𝒕𝒂𝒏 , 𝟎 < 𝒙 < 𝝅 in the
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙+𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙
simplest form.
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Write the simplest form of

−𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙 𝝅 𝟑𝝅
𝒕𝒂𝒏 ,− <𝒙<
𝟏−𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙 𝟐 𝟐
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−𝟏 𝟑 −𝟏 𝟖 −𝟏 𝟖𝟒
Show that 𝒔𝒊𝒏 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔
𝟓 𝟏𝟕 𝟖𝟓
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−𝟏 𝟐𝝅
Find the value of 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟑
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What is the value of 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟏 𝟔𝟎∘ ?

(i) 𝟏𝟔𝟎∘
(ii) 𝟕𝟎∘
(iii) −𝟐𝟎𝟎
(iv) 𝟐𝟎𝟎
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Find the domain of the function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 (𝒙 + 𝟏)

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−𝟏 𝟏
The value of 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝐬𝐢𝐧 =
𝟐
𝟏
a)
𝟐
𝟏
b) 𝝅 −
𝟐
𝟏
c) −
𝟐
𝝅
d)
𝟔
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𝝅
If 𝒙 ∈ 𝟎, , show that
𝟐

−𝟏
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝒙 + 𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝒙 𝒙
𝒄𝒐𝒕 =
𝟏 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝒙 − 𝟏 − 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝒙 𝟐