Question 9

Find the principal value of \begin{align} cos^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt2}\right)\end{align}

Answer

\begin{align} Let\;\; cos^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt2}\right)=y, \;\;Then,\;\; cos y = -\frac{1}{\sqrt2} = - cos\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)=cos\left(\pi - \frac{\pi}{4}\right) = cos\left(\frac{3\pi}{4}\right)\end{align}

We know that the range of the principal value branch of cos−1 is 

 \begin{align} \left[0,\pi\right] and \;\;cos\left(\frac{3\pi}{4}\right) = -\frac{1}{\sqrt2}\end{align}

Therefore, the principal value of

 \begin{align} cos^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt2}\right) is \frac{3\pi}{4}\end{align} 

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