How do you find tan(sin^-1(p/sqrt(p^2+9)))tan(sin1(pp2+9))?

1 Answer
Sep 1, 2016

p/3p3

Explanation:

Let a = sin^(-1)(p/sqrt(p^2+9))a=sin1(pp2+9)

in Q1 if p >0, and Q4, if p < 0., for the principal valur.

In both, cos a is positive.

Then, sin a = p/sqrt(p^2+9)

cos a = sqrt(1-p^2/((p^2+9))

=3/sqrt(p^2+9) and the given expression

tana = sin a/cos a= p/3.

If general values are considered, a could be in any of the four

quadrants and tan a = +-p/3.
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