Henry is asked to find the exact value of cos 10pi/3. His steps are shown below.

1. Subtract 2pi from
10pi/3 as many times as possible:
10pi/3 - 2pi = 4pi/3
2. Find the reference angle for 4pi/3 : 3pi/2 - 4pi/3 = pi/6
3. The cosine value for pi/6 is radical 3/2
4. The cosine value is positive because pi/6 is in the first quadrant.

Which of the following describes Henry's errors?
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Henry is asked to find the exact value of cos 10pi3 His steps are shown below 1 Subtract 2pi from 10pi3 as many times as possible 10pi3 2pi 4pi3 2 Find the ref class=

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Answer:

A) The reference angle should be [tex]\frac{\pi }{3}[/tex], and the sign of the value should be negative.

Step-by-step explanation:

cos([tex]\frac{10\pi }{3}[/tex])

Remove full rotations of 2π until the angle is between 0 and 2[tex]\pi[/tex].

cos([tex]\frac{4\pi }{3}[/tex])

Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the third quadrant.

 -cos([tex]\frac{\pi }{3}[/tex])

The exact value of cos([tex]\frac{\pi }{3}[/tex]) is [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex].

−[tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex]    

Answer:

A

Step-by-step explanation: