What is the principal value of ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

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

Practise more Trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometric functions.

Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed JEE Main mock tests.