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calculator's angle answer for trig ratios that can work in more than 1 quadrant on the unit circle

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1. Why does the calculator do a cc (counterclockwise) rotation for positive trig ratios instead of clockwise,




2. and a clockwise rotation for negative sine & tan instead of cc




3. and a counterclockwise rotation for negative cos ratios instead of a clockwise

ie. in degree mode

$cos^-1(-5/12)=114.62$

$sin^-1(-5/12)=-24.62$

$tan^-1(-5/12)=-22.61$

Is it maybe picking the value that involves the least amount of computing power? or is it a matter of convention? or am I overlooking something?

trigonometry

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  Conventionally, counter clockwise rotations are described by positive angles. But it looks like your question is more about the ranges of the inverse trigonometric functions.
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  Try using Mathjax: Surround your formulas with $ signs, use before a trig function, and between the start and end of a superscript. E.g. $cos^-1(-5/12)=114.62$
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1. Why does the calculator do a cc (counterclockwise) rotation for positive trig ratios instead of clockwise,




2. and a clockwise rotation for negative sine & tan instead of cc




3. and a counterclockwise rotation for negative cos ratios instead of a clockwise

ie. in degree mode

$cos^-1(-5/12)=114.62$

$sin^-1(-5/12)=-24.62$

$tan^-1(-5/12)=-22.61$

Is it maybe picking the value that involves the least amount of computing power? or is it a matter of convention? or am I overlooking something?

trigonometry

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  Conventionally, counter clockwise rotations are described by positive angles. But it looks like your question is more about the ranges of the inverse trigonometric functions.
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  – John Doe
  2 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Try using Mathjax: Surround your formulas with $ signs, use before a trig function, and between the start and end of a superscript. E.g. $cos^-1(-5/12)=114.62$
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  – man on laptop
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  This tutorial explains how to typeset mathematics on this site.
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1. Why does the calculator do a cc (counterclockwise) rotation for positive trig ratios instead of clockwise,




2. and a clockwise rotation for negative sine & tan instead of cc




3. and a counterclockwise rotation for negative cos ratios instead of a clockwise

ie. in degree mode

$cos^-1(-5/12)=114.62$

$sin^-1(-5/12)=-24.62$

$tan^-1(-5/12)=-22.61$

Is it maybe picking the value that involves the least amount of computing power? or is it a matter of convention? or am I overlooking something?

trigonometry

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This actually has to do with the way inverse trig functions are defined. For a function to be invertible there must be one input for every output. Graphically, this is equivalent to passing the horizontal line test. Now, trig functions are periodic and as such are very much not invertible. The way we get around this is to restrict the domain of each function to a region that passes the horizontal line test.

For $sin(x)$ the region that we take is $-fracpi2leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:

For $cos(x)$ the region we take is $0leq x leq pi$, or $0^circ leq x leq 180^circ$ in degree mode. Note that we could also have taken $-pi leq x leq 0$, but for convenience we take $x$ to be a positive angle.

Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-fracpi2 leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode.

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  That makes complete sense! When you see the graph of the functions, sure enough they give out the reasons why the calculators give out the answers they do.
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This actually has to do with the way inverse trig functions are defined. For a function to be invertible there must be one input for every output. Graphically, this is equivalent to passing the horizontal line test. Now, trig functions are periodic and as such are very much not invertible. The way we get around this is to restrict the domain of each function to a region that passes the horizontal line test.

For $sin(x)$ the region that we take is $-fracpi2leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:

For $cos(x)$ the region we take is $0leq x leq pi$, or $0^circ leq x leq 180^circ$ in degree mode. Note that we could also have taken $-pi leq x leq 0$, but for convenience we take $x$ to be a positive angle.

Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-fracpi2 leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode.

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  That makes complete sense! When you see the graph of the functions, sure enough they give out the reasons why the calculators give out the answers they do.
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This actually has to do with the way inverse trig functions are defined. For a function to be invertible there must be one input for every output. Graphically, this is equivalent to passing the horizontal line test. Now, trig functions are periodic and as such are very much not invertible. The way we get around this is to restrict the domain of each function to a region that passes the horizontal line test.

For $sin(x)$ the region that we take is $-fracpi2leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:

For $cos(x)$ the region we take is $0leq x leq pi$, or $0^circ leq x leq 180^circ$ in degree mode. Note that we could also have taken $-pi leq x leq 0$, but for convenience we take $x$ to be a positive angle.

Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-fracpi2 leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode.

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answered 2 hours ago

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  That makes complete sense! When you see the graph of the functions, sure enough they give out the reasons why the calculators give out the answers they do.
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  – bjcolby15
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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$begingroup$

This actually has to do with the way inverse trig functions are defined. For a function to be invertible there must be one input for every output. Graphically, this is equivalent to passing the horizontal line test. Now, trig functions are periodic and as such are very much not invertible. The way we get around this is to restrict the domain of each function to a region that passes the horizontal line test.

For $sin(x)$ the region that we take is $-fracpi2leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:

For $cos(x)$ the region we take is $0leq x leq pi$, or $0^circ leq x leq 180^circ$ in degree mode. Note that we could also have taken $-pi leq x leq 0$, but for convenience we take $x$ to be a positive angle.

Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-fracpi2 leq x leq fracpi2$, or $-90^circ leq x leq 90^circ$ in degree mode.

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