How do you find the exact value of arcsin(-1/2)?

1 Answer
Jun 4, 2018

(7pi)/6 + 2pik and (11pi)/6+ 2pik where k is all integers.

Explanation:

arcsin(-1/2) = sin^-1(-1/2)

This is asking:

if sin(theta) = -1/2 then what is theta?

If we look at the unit circle:

sin = -1/2 at (7pi)/6 and (11pi)/6

since the range is not limited the exact answer would be:

(7pi)/6 + 2pik and (11pi)/6+ 2pik where k is all integers.

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