Solved on Oct 25, 2023

Find sin(A/2)\sin(A/2) given sin(A)=4/5\sin(A) = 4/5 and 0<A<3600^\circ < A < 360^\circ in the first quadrant.

STEP 1

Assumptions1. The sine of angle A is4/5. Angle A is in the first quadrant (Q I)
3. We are asked to find the sine of A/We will use the half-angle formula for sine, which is given bysin(A)=±1cos(A)\sin \left(\frac{A}{}\right)=\pm \sqrt{\frac{1-\cos(A)}{}} 3The sign of the square root depends on the quadrant of A/. Since A is in the first quadrant (Q I), A/ will also be in the first quadrant. In the first quadrant, sine is positive. So, we will use the positive square root.

4We don't know the cosine of A directly, but we can find it using the Pythagorean identitycos(A)=1sin(A)\cos^(A) =1 - \sin^(A) 5Substitute the given value of sin(A) into the Pythagorean identity to find cos^(A):
\cos^(A) =1 - \left(\frac{4}{5}\right)^6Calculate the value of cos^(A):
cos(A)=1(1625)=925\cos^(A) =1 - \left(\frac{16}{25}\right) = \frac{9}{25} 7Since A is in the first quadrant where cosine is positive, we take the positive square root to find cos(A):
cos(A)=925=35\cos(A) = \sqrt{\frac{9}{25}} = \frac{3}{5} 8Now substitute the value of cos(A) into the half-angle formulasin(A)=135\sin \left(\frac{A}{}\right)=\sqrt{\frac{1-\frac{3}{5}}{}} 9Calculate the value inside the square rootsin(A)=5\sin \left(\frac{A}{}\right)=\sqrt{\frac{}{5}} 10implify the square root to find the final answersin(A)=5\sin \left(\frac{A}{}\right)=\frac{\sqrt{}}{\sqrt{5}} The sine of A/ is 5\frac{\sqrt{}}{\sqrt{5}}.

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