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Can you find the arccosine of a number greater than one?

 Nov 22, 2014

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NO

think about it.

In a right angled triangle  cos= adjacent / hypotenuse

the hypotenuse is the longest side so this fraction must be less than 1

When dealing with angles that are not acute

$$-1\le cos\theta\le1$$

 Nov 22, 2014
 #1
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Best Answer

NO

think about it.

In a right angled triangle  cos= adjacent / hypotenuse

the hypotenuse is the longest side so this fraction must be less than 1

When dealing with angles that are not acute

$$-1\le cos\theta\le1$$

Melody Nov 22, 2014

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