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tana=2/5 cos^2a-sin^2a= ?

 Nov 24, 2014

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Using a graphing calculator (an on-line calculator can be found at https://www.desmos.com/calculator),

with     y1 = tan(x)     and     y2 = .4cos²(x) - sin²(x)     gives the intersection of these two graphs, which is the value of ∠a,   as   16.2°. 

 Nov 24, 2014
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Using a graphing calculator (an on-line calculator can be found at https://www.desmos.com/calculator),

with     y1 = tan(x)     and     y2 = .4cos²(x) - sin²(x)     gives the intersection of these two graphs, which is the value of ∠a,   as   16.2°. 

geno3141 Nov 24, 2014

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