Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Stein

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Please help me prove this!!! I'm stucked. I already know the inverse identities yet i can't prove this... any help would much be appreciated. thanks in advance!

Prove each identity:
1.) Arcsin (1/square root of 10) + Arccot 2 = Pi/2
2.) Arcsin (11/10) = 3 Arccos (square root of 15/4)
 
Prove each identity:
1.) Arcsin (1/square root of 10) + Arccot 2 = Pi/2
2.) Arcsin (11/10) = 3 Arccos (square root of 15/4)
Have these been copied correctly? For instance, the left-hand side of the second equation means the same thing as "sin(@) = 11/10 = 1.1", but the value of sine cannot be greater than 1. :shock:
 
Please help me prove this!!! I'm stucked. I already know the inverse identities yet i can't prove this... any help would much be appreciated. thanks in advance!

Prove each identity:
1.) Arcsin (1/square root of 10) + Arccot 2 = Pi/2
2.) Arcsin (11/10) = 3 Arccos (square root of 15/4)

I think 1.) may have been copied incorrectly also. In any case, the way I would go about this is to note that given the angle with a particular Arcsin [I assume the capital A means principle value] or Arccot or ..., you know all the trig values of that angle. For example suppose
\(\displaystyle \theta=Arcsin(\frac{1}{\sqrt10})\)
then
\(\displaystyle sin(\theta)=\frac{1}{\sqrt10}\)
\(\displaystyle cos(\theta)=\frac{3}{\sqrt10}\)
\(\displaystyle tan(\theta)=\frac{1}{3}\)
\(\displaystyle cot(\theta)=3\)
etc.
Now let
\(\displaystyle \phi=Arccot(2)\)
and expand
\(\displaystyle sin(\theta + \phi)\)

Edit: BTW, you need to justify why that would be sufficient and that has to do with the capital A.
 
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