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Activity 3.8
Assignment 3.9
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Assignment 7.17
Trigonometric Inverses
Objectives
Find angle measures for values of given ratios using trigonometric inverses.
Complete and solve equations to find angle measures in right triangles using trigonometric inverses.
About Geometry Worksheet Assignment 7.17:
Assignment 7.17 is an introduction to trigonometric inverses.
Prerequisite Skills: Write trigonometric equations (Assignment 7.12). Find approximate decimal values for trigonometric ratios for acute angle measures using a calculator or a table of trigonometric values (Assignment 7.14).
Definition: A trigonometric equation solved for the angle measure is an inverse trigonometric equation.
(Inverses of functions are symbolized by the elevated number or superscript -1)
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