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Problem No 77

Sin A = 3/4 and A is in quadrant II. Cos B = 7/25 and B is in quadrant I. To find sin(A+B): 1) Use identities to find cos A = -√7/4 and sin B = 24/25. 2) Plug values into the formula sin(A+B) = (sin A)(cos B) + (cos A)(sin B). 3) Simplify to get the answer of -0.4249803147.

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Problem No 77

Sin A = 3/4 and A is in quadrant II. Cos B = 7/25 and B is in quadrant I. To find sin(A+B): 1) Use identities to find cos A = -√7/4 and sin B = 24/25. 2) Plug values into the formula sin(A+B) = (sin A)(cos B) + (cos A)(sin B). 3) Simplify to get the answer of -0.4249803147.

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Problem No.

77
If sin A=3/4 and A is in quadrant II while cos B=7/25 and B is in quadrant 1, find sin (A+B).
A. -3/5 B. 3/5 C. 4/5 D. ¾
Given:
sinA = 3/4, A is in Quadrant II
cosB = 7/25, B is in Quadrant I
Required:
sin(A+B)
Solution:
The formula for sin(A+B),
sin(A+B) = (sin A)(cos B) + (cos A)(sin B) (Eq. 1)
Solve for the value of cos A and sin B using the identity cos2x + sin2x = 1,
cos2A = 1- sin2A
cos2A = 1- (3/4)2
2
3
√
cosA = 1−
()
4

cos A = -
√7
4

sin2B = 1- cos2B
sin2B = 1- (7/25)2
2
7
√
sinB = 1−

sinB = 24/25
( )
25

Substituting all the obtained values to Eq. 1

sin(A+B) = (3/4)(7/25) + (-
√ 7 )( 24/25)
4

sin(A+B) = - 0.4249803147

ANSWER: - 0.4249803147

Discussion:
Knowing that sin(A+B) = (sin A)(cos B) + (cos A)(sin B) and seeing that the values of cos A and
sin B are missing, the first step would be solving for them. Using the identity, cos2x + sin2x = 1, cos A
was able to be obtained by substituting the given value of sin A, which is negative since A is in QII, and
sin B, which is positive since the value of B is in QI, was obtained by substitung the value of cos B to the
identity. Now that the variables needed are complete, they are substituted to the formula of sin(A+B)
which resulted to - 0.4249803147.

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