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how I enter the reverse function of cos X?
 Oct 5, 2013
 #1
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firstly
They are not 'reverse' functions. They are INVERSE FUNCTIONS.

say you want inverse cos (0.5)
sometimes written as cosa(0.5) where a stands for arc which is the same as inverse
sometimes written as cos -1(0.5) ----- NOTE: this is totally different from [cos(0.5)] -1

Anyway, to put this in the web 2.0 calculator input
2nd, acos, 0.5 =

Other cals may be inv, cos -1, 0.5

REMEMBER
Your calculator must be set to degrees or to radians - whichever you are working in. This is easy to overlook.
The number must be between -1 and 1 inclusive. Otherwise there can be no answer and you will get an error message.

I hope this helps.
 Oct 5, 2013
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[input]asin(0.5)[/input]
[input]acos(0.5)[/input]
 Oct 5, 2013

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