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Subject: trig function
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: donbreuner-ga
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Posted: 30 Jan 2006 15:16 PST
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Question ID: 439406

Sin x = .25. What is x?

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Subject: Re: trig function
From: kottekoe-ga on 30 Jan 2006 17:58 PST

This is easy. Just type the following into Google's search box:

arcsin(.25)

The answer is:

arcsin(.25) = 0.252680255

If you want that in degrees, multiply by 180/pi:

(180 * arcsin(.25)) / pi = 14.4775122

Subject: Re: trig function
From: kottekoe-ga on 30 Jan 2006 18:00 PST

P.S. Note that for small angles sin(x) is approximately equal to x.

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