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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?






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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?






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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?






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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?






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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.
    $endgroup$
    – John Doe
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  • 2




    $begingroup$
    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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    This tutorial explains how to typeset mathematics on this site.
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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.
    $endgroup$
    – John Doe
    2 hours ago








  • 2




    $begingroup$
    Try using Mathjax: Surround your formulas with $ signs, use before a trig function, and {} between the start and end of a superscript. E.g. $cos^{-1}(-5/12)=114.62$
    $endgroup$
    – man on laptop
    2 hours ago












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$begingroup$
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.
$endgroup$
– John Doe
2 hours ago






$begingroup$
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.
$endgroup$
– 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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$begingroup$
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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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 $-frac{pi}{2}leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:



enter image description here



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.



enter image description here



Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-frac{pi}{2} leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode.



enter image description here






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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 $-frac{pi}{2}leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:



enter image description here



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.



enter image description here



Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-frac{pi}{2} leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode.



enter image description here






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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 $-frac{pi}{2}leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:



enter image description here



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.



enter image description here



Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-frac{pi}{2} leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode.



enter image description here






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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 $-frac{pi}{2}leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:



enter image description here



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.



enter image description here



Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-frac{pi}{2} leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode.



enter image description here






share|cite|improve this answer









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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 $-frac{pi}{2}leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode, as seen in the following plot:



enter image description here



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.



enter image description here



Lastly, for $tan(x)$ we can take a full period around the origin, so $-frac{pi}{2} leq x leq frac{pi}{2}$, or $-90^{circ} leq x leq 90^{circ}$ in degree mode.



enter image description here







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