What is the principal value of ?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B.
- Step 1: The principal value branch of is .
- Step 2: The angle exceeds , so it is not in the principal branch.
- Step 3: Use the symmetry of cosine: . Since , the principal value is .
Answer
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Why not the others: is outside the principal range ; gives , whereas ; lies outside because values are never negative.
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