Given that 0<x<1800 < x < 180, find the possible values of xx for sin⁡x∘=0.985\sin x^{\circ} = 0.985.
Give your answers correct to 1 decimal place.
Answer x = ... or ...

Work through it with AI →

It won't just hand you the answer — it asks where you're stuck.How the checker works

Worked solution

2

1. Find the principal acute angle using inverse sine.

x=sin⁡−1(0.985)x=\sin^{-1}(0.985)
x≈80.063∘x\approx 80.063^\circ

2. Find the second possible angle in the given interval and round both answers.

Since sin⁡x∘\sin x^\circ is positive for 0∘<x<180∘0^\circ<x<180^\circ, there are two possible angles:
x≈80.063∘x\approx 80.063^\circ
or
x=180∘−80.063∘≈99.937∘x=180^\circ-80.063^\circ\approx 99.937^\circ
Correct to 1 decimal place,
x=80.1∘ or 99.9∘x=80.1^\circ \text{ or } 99.9^\circ

Answer

x=80.1∘x=80.1^\circ or 99.9∘99.9^\circ

AI analysis — may contain mistakes.

Worked this one out on paper? Snap your steps and Gigle's AI math checker will circle the step where it went wrong.

More questions on this topic

  1. 1The points A, B, C, D and E are shown in the diagram below such that ABC and AED are straight lines and BE = 8\sqrt{8}…
  2. 2It is given that y=xsin⁡x+cos⁡2(x2).y = x\sin x + \cos^2\left(\tfrac{x}{2}\right). Obtain an expression for dydx\dfrac{dy}{dx} in the form…
  3. 3Solve the equation 2cosec⁡(x−π3)=−42\cosec\left(x-\dfrac{\pi}{3}\right)=-4 for 0≤x≤2π0\le x\le 2\pi. Solve the equation cot⁡(2x+10∘)=tan⁡70∘\cot(2x+10^\circ)=\tan70^\circ…
  4. 4sin⁡x∘=0.66913\sin x^{\circ} = 0.66913 Given that xx is an obtuse angle, find xx. Answer x = ... cos⁡y∘=−cos⁡121∘\cos y^{\circ} = -\cos 121^{\circ}…
  5. 5Triangle PQR is a right-angled triangle with PQ = 10 cm, QR = 6 cm and ∠PRQ = 90°. M is a point on PR such that MR = 5 P…