How do you evaluate arccos (0)arccos(0)?

1 Answer
Jul 27, 2015

arccos0arccos0 means: find the angle that has a cosine of 00

Explanation:

The coscos-function crosses the 00 every 180 ^o orpi rad180oorπrad, beginning at 90 ^o or pi/2 rad90oorπ2rad

So arccos(0)=90^o +-k*180^oarccos(0)=90o±k180o

Or arccos(0)=pi/2+-k*pi radarccos(0)=π2±kπrad

Usually, you are asked to evaluate a function between certain limits, like 0^o <=x<=360^o0ox360o or 0<-x<=2pi0<x2π
From the above you can find the values that fit.