Pre-Calculus Activity Sheet

Quarter 2 – MELC 13
(STEM_PC11T-IIh-2)

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

Mathematics – SHS Grade 11 Pre-Calculus
Activity Sheet No. 13
First Edition, 2020

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Development Team of Pre-Calculus Learning Kit

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Introductory Message

Welcome to Senior High School Grade 11 Mathematics(Pre-Calculus).

The Pre-Calculus Learning Kit is a product of the collaborative efforts of the

Schools Division of Iloilo and DepEd Regional Office VI – Western Visayas through the
Curriculum and Learning Management Division(CLMD). This is developed to guide the
learning facilitators (teachers, parents, and responsible adults) in helping our learners
meet the standards set by the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum.

The Learning Activity Sheet is self-directed instructional materials aimed to

guide our learners in accomplishing activities at their own pace and time using the
contextualized resources in the community. This will also assist learners in acquiring the
lifelong learning skills, knowledge and attitudes for productivity and employment.

For the learning facilitator:

The Learning Activity Sheet will help you facilitate the teaching-learning activities
specified in each Most Essential Competency (MELC) with minimal or no face-to-face
encounter between you and learner. This will be made available to the learners with the
references/links to ease the independent learning.

For the learner:

The Learning Activity Sheet is developed to help you continue learning even if
you are not in school. This learning material provides you with meaningful and engaging
activities for independent learning. Being an active learner, carefully read and understand
the instructions then perform the activities and answer the assessments. This will be
returned to your facilitator on the agreed schedule.

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PRE-CALCULUS LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Learning Competency
Evaluate an inverse trigonometric expression. (STEM_PC11T-IIh-2).

Generalization

Evaluating Inverse Trigonometric Expressions

To evaluate inverse trigonometric functions, the following statements are equivalent:

𝒚 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 𝒙 ⟺ 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒚

𝒚 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔−𝟏 𝒙 ⟺ 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒚

𝒚 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙 ⟺ 𝒙 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒚

A good way to visualize is to ask yourself the question, “what value of the angle 𝒚 should we
substitute to the trigonometric function to get a value equal to 𝒙.”

Example 1. Find the exact value of each inverse sine expression.

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1. sin−1 (2) 3. sin−1 (−
√3
)
2
2. arcsin (−1)

Solutions:
𝜋 𝜋
Note that the range of the arcsin is the close interval [− 2 , 2 ].
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1. Let θ = sin−1 (2). Referring back to the generalization, the expression is equivalent to
1 𝜋 𝜋
sin θ = 2. This means that we need to find a value for θ in the close interval [− 2 , 2 ] such
1 𝜋 1 𝜋
that the value of sin θ is equal to 2. We get θ = 6 . Therefore, sin−1 (2) = 6 .

𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
2. arcsin (−1) = − 2 since sin (− 2 ) = −1 and − 2 ∈ [− 2 , 2 ].

√3 π 𝜋 √3 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
3. sin−1 (− 2
) = − 3 since sin (− 3 ) = − 2
and − 3 ∈ [− 2 , 2 ].

Inverse sine functions are easier to solve if we look at the unit circle.

Important note: If there is no special value that exists, we leave the expression in the form
2 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 𝑥. For example, 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 ( ). Since there are no special angle θ that satisfies sin θ = , we
3 3
2
leave 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 ( ) as is.
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Exercise 1. Find the exact value of each inverse sine expression.
√2 √3
1. sin−1 (− ) 3. sin−1 (− )
2 2
4π
2. arcsin ( 3 )

Example 2. Find the exact value of each inverse cosine expression.

1. cos−1 0 √2
3. cos−1 ( )
√3 2
2. arccos(− 2
)

Solutions:
Note that the range of the arccos is the close interval [0, 𝜋].
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
1. cos−1 0 = because cos = 0 and ∈ [0, 𝜋].
2 2 2

√3 5𝜋 5𝜋 √3 5𝜋
2. arccos(− 2
) = 6
because cos 6
=− 2
and 6
∈ [0, 𝜋].

√2 𝜋 𝜋 √2 𝜋
3. cos−1 ( 2 ) = 4
because cos 4 = 2
and 4 ∈ [0, 𝜋].

Exercise 2. Find the exact value of each inverse cosine expression.

1. cos−1 (−1)
√2
2. arccos (− 2
)
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3. cos−1 (3)

Example 3. Find the exact value of each inverse tangent expression.

𝜋
1. tan−1 (−1) 3. tan (tan−1 (− 6 ))
2. arctan(−√3)

Solutions:
𝜋 𝜋
Note that the range of the arctan is the open interval (− , ).
2 2
−1 (−1) 𝜋
1. tan = −4
𝜋
2. arctan(−√3) = − 3
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
3. tan (tan−1 (− 6 )) = − 6 because − 6 ∈ (− 2 , 2 ).

Exercise 3. Find the exact value of each inverse tangent expression.

1. tan−1 (1) 3𝜋
3. tan (tan−1 (− 2 ))
2. arctan(√3)

Reflection
Complete the following sentences:
1. The most challenging part of this learning kit was…

2. In this learning kit I learned that….

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Reference:
Precalculus Teaching Guide.1st Edition. (2016). Pasig City: Department of Education-
Bureau of Learning Resources (DepEd-BLR). pp 219-230

Answer Key
Exercise 1
√2 𝜋
1. sin−1 (− 2
) = −4
4π
2. arcsin ( 3 ) 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑
√3 𝜋
3. sin−1 (− 2 ) = − 3

Exercise 2
1. cos−1 (−1) = 𝜋
√2 3𝜋
2. arccos (− 2
) = 4
1
3. cos−1 (3) is as is.

Exercise 3
𝜋
1. tan−1 (1) = 4
𝜋
2. arctan(√3) =
3
−1 3𝜋 3𝜋
3. tan (tan (− )) =−
2 2