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#1 Help Me ! » Precalc/trig question » 2008-09-04 15:05:08

accol
Replies: 2

Hey guys, I'm taking calc 1 and was wondering if anyone could help me with 2 problems....more specifically how to solve them.

The first question is

'Evaluate without using a calculator'
tan pi/6   and  sec 3pi/4

I looked at the back of the book...the answers don't look complicated but the text itself jumped around and didn't explain how to do these.  This is the chapter 0 in the calc 1 book (so it's a precalc refresher) so it jumps through eveything assuming you know/remember it.

The second question is...

'Find the exact value....hint: half-angle identities may be helpful'

cos^2 pi/3     and   cos^2 pi/12

If anyone can explain to me how to do these that would help alot.....our calc professor is giving us a quiz tomorrow (the second day of class!!) and the first day of class was yesterday.

Thanks in Advance,
Accol

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