Find the principal value of egin{align | Class 12 Mathematics Chapter Inverse Trigonometric Functions, Inverse Trigonometric Functions NCERT Solutions

Question: Find the principal value of \begin{align} sin^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)\end{align}
Answer:

\begin{align} sin^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)=y \;\;Then\;\; sin y = -\frac{1}{2} = -sin\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)= sin\left(-\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\end{align} 

We know that the range of the principal value branch of sin−1 is

\begin{align} \left[-\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2}\right] and \;\;sin\left(-\frac{\pi}{6}\right) = -\frac{1}{2}\end{align} 

Therefore, the principal value of

\begin{align} sin^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right) is -\frac{\pi}{6}\end{align} 


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Comments

  • Ankit Kumar
  • 2019-05-17 20:53:35

Why not show full solutions?


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Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Mathematics - Chapter . This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Excercise 1 , Question 1: Find the principal value of egin{align} sin^{-1}left(-frac{1}{2} ight)end{align}....